Seqwater, the main water supplier for South East Queensland Australia, has chosen Bridge-Soft QMS to manage its compliance and operational data.  The implementation will involve seamlessly importing external laboratory data into a single database along side internally generated compliance and operational data. This centralized data will be used to report monthly compliance results to regulatory agencies as well as operational monitoring and improvement.

 Version 5.3.04 of QMS was released today.  This incremental release fixes a couple of bugs with schedule configuration and execution.

Bridge-Soft® announces the launch of a new web site for the New England Water Environment Association.  The site boasts advanced features including an advanced content management system, blog, news article syndication, and more.

Bridge-Soft®, LLC announced today that it has completed the development of a web site for the Massachusetts Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network.  The site will promote and support the participation of water and wastewater utilities in signing mutual aid agreements and preparing to come to one another's aid in times of urgent need.

Bridge-Soft®, LLC announced today that it has released version 2.0 of its Virtual Delivery Platform product.  This latest version provides enhanced user customization and improved reporting capability including PDF export and powerful cross tab capabilities.

Bridge-Soft®, LLC, announced today that Simmonds and Bristow have commissioned the first two clients (Mount Isa Water Board of Queensland and Kentish Council of Tasmania) for the Virtual Delivery Platform product.

Jon DiPietro delivered an "Introduction to CyberSecurity" training presentation on behalf of the New England Water Works Association. The training class is directed to water industry professionals and is designed to raise awareness regarding the size, shape, and nature of cyber-related threats to critical infrastructure.  Click here to view the presentation.

"Labs Expand Services to Gain Market Share" is published in April's Water & Wastewater International Magazine. This article discusses the laboratory analytical services market and how Bridge-Soft's Virtual Delivery Platform can reduce risks, increase efficiency, improve service, and reduce costs.

Jon DiPietro presented "Risk Governance for Water Utilities" at a risk assessment seminar sponsored by the New Hampshire Water Works Association and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.  Download the presentation here, or read the entire white paper here.

Goulburn Valley Water presented "A New Information System for Operational and Laboratory Data" at the annual Victorian conference of the Water Industry Operators Association (WIOA). The paper describes their decision process for identifying, developing, and implementing an information system for the management of operational and laboratory data. The paper will be made available at the WIOA website.

Jon DiPietro will be presenting "Enterprise Risk Management for Critical Infrastructure" at the New Hampshire Water Works meeting on November 30th. The discussion will include how and why to implement comprehensive and consistent risk management methodology across the entire organization.

Bridge-Soft®, LLC announced today that Wannon Region Water Authority (formerly South West Water Authority) of Warrnambool, Victoria (Australia) have concluded testing of Bridge-Soft Quality Management System (QMS) on Toughbook mobile computers. “Wastewater operators will have instant access to compliance test results in Data Entry, which they need in order to adjust the plant processes to run most efficiently. Electronic Incident Management will save us time by allowing us to avoid a paper-based, manual system,” stated Vanessa Lenihan (Environmental Engineer, Wannon Region Water Authority).

Jon DiPietro represents Bridge-Soft at the 2005 Spring Meeting of the Process Control Systems Forum. Bridge-Soft is actively participating in this organization to further its mission of "Advancing water quality and security through technology."

Bridge-Soft®, LLC announced today that Central Gippsland Region Water Authority (Gippsland Water) of Traralgon, Victoria (Australia), has selected Bridge-Soft's Quality Management System (QMS) to manage its quality and operational data for its entire organization. The project scope includes the collection and organization of operational and compliance data for its water and wastewater divisions. QMS will replace the current desktop database application with a robust, centralized, and audited database that allows it to better organize this information, streamline reporting, and meet the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act 2003.

Bridge-Soft®, LLC, providers of innovative process and quality management software, announced today that South West Water Authority (SWWA) of Warrnambool, Victoria (Australia), has selected Bridge-Soft's Quality Management System (QMS) to manage its quality and operational data for its entire organization. The project scope includes the collection and organization of this data for all of its operational divisions; water and wastewater, trade waste, biosolids management, ground water management, and soils management. QMS will replace the current collection of standalone spreadsheets and autonomous databases with a robust, centralized, and audited database that allows it to better organize this information, streamline reporting, and meet the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act 2003.