SUEZ Wins Coveted Water Industry Award for Innovation

SUEZ wins Utility Industry Innovation in Water and Sewer award for the nation's largest Smart Utility Network. David Stanton, President of Utility Operations, accepts the award alongside Hon. Brien Sheahan, Member, Board of Directors, NARUC (left) and Hon. Robert Powelson, First Vice President, NARUC and Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (right) at the NARUC Innovation Awards ceremony in Baltimore. (Photo: Business Wire)

SUEZ wins Utility Industry Innovation in Water and Sewer award for the nation's largest Smart Utility Network. David Stanton, President of Utility Operations, accepts the award alongside Hon. Brien Sheahan, Member, Board of Directors, NARUC (left) and Hon. Robert Powelson, First Vice President, NARUC and Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (right) at the NARUC Innovation Awards ceremony in Baltimore. (Photo: Business Wire)

PARAMUS, N.J.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--SUEZ announced today that it has been awarded the Utility Industry Innovation in Water and Sewer by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners at its Innovation Awards ceremony held in Baltimore, MD from November 12-15. Hailed as the leading industry awards to promote and recognize innovative solutions for utilities, SUEZ was recognized for its state-of-the-art deployment of its Smart Utility Network.

SUEZ designed, engineered and deployed a Smart Utility Network to enable wireless meter reading and Internet-of-Things connectivity. The network covers nearly 1000 square miles, including 150 towns and cities in the New York metropolitan area and Boise, ID. To date, over 200,000 water meters have been brought online offering significant benefits for customers:

Support of conservation by reducing wasted water – in one example city, customer outreach regarding leaks yielded a 38% reduction in wasted water and reduced the entire city’s demand for water by nearly 5%

“Innovative ideas are generated through the recognition that there are better and more efficient ways to do things. They reach full potential when their application satisfies a wide-reaching need,” said David Stanton, President of Utility Operations. “The Smart Utility Network is a testament to the ingenuity of SUEZ employees and is only the beginning of great changes coming for our customers,” he added.

The Smart Utility Network is part of SUEZ’ four commitments to improving the water value chain. The network enhances Water Resource Management through the reduction of theft of water, increases Energy Efficiency and Health and Safety by eliminating traditional meter reader vehicles, and improves overall Customer Satisfaction.

“Smart networks and big data are changing the way we operate. With over 100,000 more Smart meters expected to be deployed by the end of 2018, our goal is to bring the benefits of our system to as many communities as we can.”

SUEZ in North America operates across all 50 states and Canada with 3,350 employees dedicated to environmental sustainability and leading the resource revolution. The company provides drinking water, wastewater and waste collection service to 7.3 million people on a daily basis; treats 577 million gallons of water and 997 million gallons of wastewater each day; delivers water treatment and advanced network solutions to 16,000 industrial and municipal sites; processes 55,000 tons of waste for recycling; rehabilitates and maintains water assets for more than 4,000 municipal and industrial customers; and manages $4.2 billion in total assets. The company posted revenues of $1.275 billion in 2016 and is a subsidiary of Paris-based SUEZ.

With 90 000 people on the five continents, SUEZ is a world leader in smart and sustainable resource management. We provide water and waste management solutions that enable cities and industries to optimize their resource management and strengthen their environmental and economic performances, in line with regulatory standards. To meet increasing demands to overcome resource quality and scarcity challenges, SUEZ is fully engaged in the resource revolution. With the full potential of digital technologies and innovative solutions, the Group recovers 17 million tons of waste a year, produces 3.9 million tons of secondary raw materials and 7 TWh of local renewable energy. It also secures water resources, delivering wastewater treatment services to 58 million people and reusing 882 million m3 of wastewater. SUEZ generated total revenues of $18 billion in 2016.