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Bill DeOreo, P.E.
President
Bill has been actively practicing water engineering in Colorado since 1978. He holds degrees in Biology and Civil and Environmental Engineering from Boston University and the University of Colorado at Boulder. His experience spans the public and private sectors. Bill has worked as Utility Project Coordinator for the City of Boulder, Project Manager for Wright Water Engineers, and was a founding partner of Hydrosphere Resource Consultants.
Since...
This report provides information on wateruse in four custom houses built as part of the Environments for Living project which was sponsored by the Masco Contractor Services Company. Data loggers were installed on the main and hot water meters in order to quantify the water use by end use for both main and hot water supplies. High efficiency devices installed in the homes to conserve water included clothes washsers, 1.6 gpf toilets, high efficiency shower heads and fauce aerators, dish wahsers and hot...
Planning
Integrated resources planning Conservation planning Drought planning and response Demand forecasting Conservation-oriented rates Water budgets Water loss control Financial modeling Evaluation of water supply options Water rights and expert testimonyResearch
Tailored end use studies Conservation effectiveness Flow trace analysis Peak demand analysis Meter right-sizing Evaluation of new technology Customer attitudes and behavior Customer communication Flow profiling... Trace Wizard© Water Use Analysis Software
Aquacrfaft has decided to switch from providing Trace Wizard software to a web based service that uses the latest version of the Trace Wizard(c) program (that has never been released). This service will allow anyone with access to the internet to upload a flow trace (in the proper format), and have Aquacraft analyze it and return summary reports. This project is under development, and we hope to have it ready for release in the first half of 2013.
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This document summarizes how the use of end-use data can greatly assist California water agencies in meeting the requirements of SBx7-7.
With the passage of SBx7-7 in 2009 the State of California formally adopted the goal of reducing per-capita urban water use by 20% by the end of 2020. Every California water agency needs to respond to this requirement, and agencies that fail to demonstrate compliance with the act could be in violation of the law as of January 1, 2021. Collection of disaggregated end use data now will assist most water agencies in tracking their compliance with the Bill, and seeing how their...
This report provides detailed information on single family water use patterns within a study group approximately 95 homes located throughout Jordan. The study used data obtained from water meters and data loggers attached to the outlets of the roof tanks that supplied the domestic water to the homes.
This is a list of the most important and/or interesting projects Aquacraft has completed since the company was founded in 1990. Projects are generally listed in chronological order by the year they were completed.
Home Water Works (2012)
Working with a grant from the Home Depot Foundation, Aquacraft and the Alliance for Water Efficiency developed the Home Water Works website - www.home-water-works.org - a consumer oriented web resource that includes a powerful residential water...
Develop Home Water Works Website
Client: Alliance for Water Efficiency
Term: 2010 - 2012
Working with a grant from the Home Depot Foundation, Aquacraft and the Alliance for Water Efficiency developed the Home Water Works website - www.home-water-works.org - a consumer oriented web resource that includes a powerful residential water calculator.
The Water Calculator, based on an original design from The Field Museum in Chicago is an interative tool that estimates...