FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Western Selects Advanced
Utility Systems for New CIS Solution
RIVERSIDE, CA and TORONTO, CANADA. December 17, 2008 -
Advanced Utility Systems (Advanced) announced today that Western
Municipal Water District has contracted with Advanced to implement
its flagship customer information system (CIS) and billing software,
CIS Infinity.
Located in western Riverside County, California, Western services
a general district area of 527-square miles with a population of
over 825,000. The District provides water services to 24,000 retail
customers and eight wholesale customers that consist of public and
private water utilities and cities.
“Western Municipal Water District represents our sixteenth
client in California. We are excited to continue growing our client
base in the Southern California region. It has been a pleasure to
work through the contract and scope phase with Greg Duecker at Western
and the consulting firm Westin Engineering. We look forward to a
long partnership with the District,” states Peter Fanous,
Vice President of Sales for Advanced.
Western began its search for a new CIS solution during the fall
of 2007. It was important to Western that it found a product that
would meet its business requirements. As mentioned by Greg Duecker,
Information Technology Manager for Western, "We were looking
for a CIS product that could improve our customer service, efficiency,
and automation that was also intuitive to navigate and use. During
our evaluation process, we found CIS Infinity was the right fit."
Advanced is excited to begin the implementation of CIS Infinity
in the New Year. The go-live date is projected for fall of 2009.
For more information on Advanced and CIS Infinity ® visit www.advancedutility.com.
About Advanced and Harris
Advanced is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harris Computer
Systems that provides Customer Information and Billing solutions
exclusively to utilities and municipalities. Harris is a leading
provider of financial management and Customer Information Systems
(CIS) software solutions. Since 1976, Harris has focused on providing
feature-rich and robust turnkey solutions to all levels of local
government as well as public power and water markets throughout
North America. Harris' focus is on creating long-term relationships
with our customers and ensuring that we meet the changing needs
of our customers over time. For further information on Harris Computer
Systems, visit www.Harriscomputer.com.
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