WaterSmart Software Selected by The Artemis Project™ as a 2012 Top 50 Water Company

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — WaterSmart Software, a water efficiency solutions company that helps utilities persuade their residential customers to conserve water, today announced it was awarded the 2012 Artemis Top 50 Water Tech Listing™. The Artemis Project Top 50 Water Tech Listing identifies the most promising advanced water tech ventures.

“We are thrilled other industry leaders recognize the ease-of-integration and effectiveness of WaterSmart’s zero-hardware water conservation solution,” said Peter Yolles, CEO of WaterSmart. “We are deeply grateful to Artemis and the distinguished jury for this honor.”

WaterSmart was selected by a jury that included experts from corporations such as Intel, Archer Daniels Midland, IBM, Ecolab and Syngenta as well as McKinsey, CH2M Hill, Carollo Engineers and Singapore’s Public Utilities Board.

“The Artemis Top 50 is the water industry’s benchmark for innovation that will matter. It identifies the new solutions that will meet the world’s water challenges,” stated Laura Shenkar, Chair of the Artemis Top 50TM. “The Top 50 are some of the most promising start-ups in high tech water.”

WaterSmart provides a suite of products to drive and manage conservation programs:

• – WaterSmart’s proprietary recommendation engine generates targeted Home Water Reports that educate residential customers about their water use and provide personalized recommendations based on each individual household profile.
• – Households can login to the WaterSmart Customer Portal to create a custom water saving plan and view simple, compelling facts about their historic and comparative water use.
• – The WaterSmart Efficiency Dashboard enables utilities to manage conservation programs for individual customer accounts and track utility-wide program performance.

WaterSmart Software provides intelligence beyond the meter to make the lives of water utility managers easier. Water providers using WaterSmart’s cloud-based, customer self-service and engagement platform have been proven to reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, and increase customer satisfaction by more than 25%. WaterSmart is a winner of the globally coveted World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers Award for their potential to “significantly impact business and society through the design, development and implementation of new technologies and innovation.” Come help us change the way the world uses water. 

Ali Barsamian, WaterSmart Software – (415-366-8622 x 819): abarsamian@watersmart.com