Will Use WaterGEMS, SewerGEMS, and WaterCAD
to Help Service 1.4 Million Residents
LOS ANGELES – BE Conference 2007 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., a subsidiary of Aqua America, Inc., the largest U.S.-based publicly traded water utility, has selected Bentley’s Haestad Methods solutions to model the infrastructure that provides water and wastewater service to approximately 1.4 million residents across Pennsylvania.
Aqua Pennsylvania’s selection of Bentley’s WaterGEMS, SewerGEMS, and WaterCAD products was based on a thorough review by the utility’s modeling engineers, CAD designers, and GIS professionals. Interoperability with AutoCAD and ESRI’s ArcGIS was a key factor in choosing the new modeling platform.
“Aqua Pennsylvania is undertaking a major effort to integrate GIS and hydraulic modeling of its water distribution networks in Pennsylvania, and to support hydraulic modeling efforts in other Aqua America companies,” said Bill Ross, Aqua America’s vice president, engineering. “As part of that effort, Bentley’s Haestad Methods hydraulic modeling software will play an important role in managing our current and future networks.”
WaterGEMS and SewerGEMS are the only water and wastewater modeling solutions to offer utilities the flexibility of using any of four interoperable platforms within a single product. These modeling platforms include MicroStation, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, and a completely updated stand-alone interface providing unprecedented ease of use, speed, and flexibility within a single modeling product.
For more information about Bentley’s Haestad Methods solutions, visit www.bentley.com/Haestad.
About Aqua Pennsylvania Inc.
Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. is the largest subsidiary of Aqua America, Inc. and provides water and wastewater service to approximately 1.4 million residents across the state. Aqua America, Inc. is a U.S.-based publicly traded water and wastewater utility holding company, serving approximately 2.8 million residents in 13 states. Aqua America, Inc. is listed on both the New York and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges under the ticker symbol WTR. For more information, visit http://www.aquaamerica.com/.
About BE Conference
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About Bentley
Bentley Systems, Incorporated provides software for the lifecycle of the world’s infrastructure. The company’s comprehensive portfolio for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial verticals spans architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. With revenues now surpassing $400 million annually, and more than 2400 colleagues globally, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Top Design Firms and major owner-operators, and was named the world’s No. 2 provider of GIS/geospatial software solutions in a recent Daratech research study.
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