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Aquacraft Inc.

Ecosystem Services/Resource Management

Founded in 1990, Aquacraft Inc. is a water planning firm dedicated to increasing water use efficiency.  As populations grow this is essential in order to reduce the impact that human activities have on the environment.  Aquacraft is represented in the GCN by its founder and President, William Deoreo, and its Vice President, Peter Mayer. 

Aquacraft seeks to apply scientific methods to the study of urban water demands, and their management as an active element in water resources planning.  The firm has also developed significant tools for collection, analysis and modeling of water demands in an integrated manner.

Aquacraft pioneered the use of flow trace analysis to measure how water is used in a variety of urban settings.  The firm has developed large databases of disaggregated water use from both the residential and commercial sectors and database applications to evaluate demands, and uses these data to create reality-based models of municipal water use and projections of demand with and without conservation.  Aquacraft is a recognized leader in evaluating the effectiveness of water conservation measures for reducing long-term water demands. 

The firm is a member of all major water associations, and has a large network of professional contacts throughout the world.

WILLIAM B. DeOREO, P.E.

Ecosystem Services/Resource Management

William DeOreo has been actively practicing water engineering in Colorado since 1978 and has worked both in the public sector and as a private consultant.  His main interests are in development of innovative supplies of water for municipal uses, improving the yield of urban water systems through better water planning and management, integration of urban water uses into watershed analyses, and development of computer based applications to assist with water planning.  Mr. DeOreo is a member of the Planning and Evaluation sub-committee of the AWWA Water Conservation national committee. Some specific capabilities which have been developed include: Water Rights Hydrology, River Basin Allocation Modeling, Water Systems Planning, Water Conservation Studies, GIS/Computer applications for Water Systems Management, Collection and Disaggregation of Water Use Data. 
           
Mr. DeOreo has participated in urban drainage master planning projects, large water rights transfers and augmentation plans, raw water master plans and numerous water utility related projects such as leak detection, hydraulic modeling and rate studies.  He has a broad understanding of the technical, environmental and economic issues involved with water resources

Bill DeOreo is the founder and principal engineer of Aquacraft. He graduated from Boston University and the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers, American Water Works Association, and the American Geophysical Union.

PETER MAYER, M.S., P.E.,
Vice President

Ecosystem Services/Resource Management

Peter Mayer joined Aquacraft Inc as a partner in 1995 and is a registered professional engineer.  He specializes in research, water rate structures, conservation planning, water demand forecasting and analysis, international water efficiency, database development, technical writing, and development of computer applications for water management. 

Peter is a trustee of the AWWA Water Conservation Division and a member of AWRA.

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