Water Services Corporation honoured for Special Achievement in GIS
Esri, a world leader in geographic information system technology, presented the Water Services Corporation with a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award at their annual User Conference.
Selected from over 300,000 eligible candidates, WSC received the award for its innovative application of technology, data collection, geospatial information visualization and thought leadership through GIS in the field of water utilities.
“The SAG Awards serve a great purpose,” said Esri founder and president Jack Dangermond. “A Special Achievement in GIS Award recognises best practices for organisations implementing technology to change the world. Highlighting good work, benefits the entire GIS community and that’s very valuable.”
The WSC developed several GIS-centric solutions and integration platforms to support various operations in areas such as advanced metering management, water distribution networks, waste water management, water quality optimisation, water project management, asset management and customer care, among others.
WSC CEO Ing. Charles Brincat said that the corporation is extremely proud to have been recognised as a leader in the field of IT-related technologies within the water and wastewater industries. He added that its efforts will have a huge positive effect on consumers and operations. The WSC looks forward to even more breakthroughs in both the local and international scenarios.
The WSC was one of 167 organisations in fields such as agriculture, defense, transportation, non-profit, telecommunications and state and local government to receive a SAG award. Esri staff nominate thousands of candidates annually from around the world for consideration and company president Dangermond selects the finalists.
“SAG winners are diverse in their geographical representation by design,” Mr Dangermond said. “We purposely focus on the different regions of the world because we’re looking for best practices of GIS in different cultures and different geographies.”