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Bentley highlights water solution at WaterWorld Middle East that is setting the pace for efficient and sustainable water systems in the region

Bentley Systems actively participated in the WaterWorld Middle East 2012 exhibition and conference, held at the Qatar National Convention Centre, in Doha. Over 120 eminent international chairs and speakers and nearly 140 exhibitors from 23 countries took part in the exhibition.

At the conference, the Bentley team discussed and demonstrated the innovative capabilities of its fully-integrated water and wastewater solution. This solution addresses the entire water lifecycle and empowers owner-operators and their consultants in the Middle East to make their water systems more efficient, reliable, and sustainable. It does so by helping their engineers more effectively plan and design new water systems and optimize and efficiently operate existing ones.

Talal Shawwa, Bentley Geospatial sales manager for the Middle East and North Africa, said that engineers and modelers in the region are successfully using Bentley's latest water modeling and management technology to effectively analyze water and wastewater systems. The software enables them to prioritize infrastructure repair and replacement, compare diverse design alternatives, detect water leakage, minimize energy usage, and much more.

For example, engineers at Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority in the United Arab Emirates used WaterGEMS to modify and improve their water system. In addition to dramatically reducing the number of customer complaints, water leakage was reduced from 18.7 percent to 8.9 percent of the supply, which contributed to enabling their water distribution system to supply water at 22 percent below the calculated water demand without customer complaints.

In his WaterWorld address, Dr. Slavco Velickov, Bentley Water Industry sales director EMEA, discussed the WaterGEMS Pipe Renewal Planner. He explained that this Bentley offering provides utilities and their consultants with a reliable renewal decision support tool for identifying the pipes in water distribution networks that should be considered for replacement or repair. Ultimately, using this module helps reduce the risks of infrastructure failure, improving system reliability, and thereby lengthening the life of the infrastructure.

Dr. Velickov added that Bentley's water solution is much more than just hydraulic analysis. He said that its powerful capabilities enhance mapping and data management, information sharing and collaboration, hydrologic and hydraulic system analysis, design and construction documentation, field engineering and inspection, and operations and maintenance workflows."

For additional information about Bentley's water solution, visit www.bentley.com/MEsystemefficiency.

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About Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Bentley is the global leader dedicated to providing architects, engineers, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. Bentley's mission is to empower its users to leverage information modeling through integrated projects for high-performing intelligent infrastructure. Its solutions encompass the MicroStation platform for infrastructure design and modeling, the ProjectWise platform for infrastructure project team collaboration and work sharing, and the AssetWise platform for infrastructure asset operations - all supporting a broad portfolio of interoperable applications and complemented by worldwide professional services. Founded in 1984, Bentley has grown to nearly 3,000 colleagues in more than 45 countries and $500 million in annual revenues. Since 2001, the company has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions. Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com and in Bentley's annual report.

For more information, please contact:
Budoor Hunnoon
Bentley Regional Marketing Manager
PO BOX 28149, Dubai, U.A.E
Tel +971 (4) 331 2666, EXT 233
www.Bentley.com/ar-ae

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