As Water Utilities Face Mounting Federal and State Conservation Goals, Dropcountr Introduces CLEAR, a Meter Data Management Solution that Maps Daily, Monthly and Annual Water Consumption Trends

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Dropcountr, the leading provider of digital water conservation solutions, today released its first flagship utility product CLEAR, a meter-agnostic Meter Data Management (MDM) platform that enables utilities to efficiently meet increasing state and federal water conservation goals. Ushering in a new wave of smart monitoring and efficient reporting, CLEAR functions as a traditional MDM solution, but goes beyond to provide strained water utilities first-time access to visual monitoring and reporting, tailored customer care, meter-agnostic analytics and flexible filtering.

Purissima Hills Water District, a Dropcountr customer and user of CLEAR, sees the benefits of the platform. "We needed a simple, but powerful MDM solution to monitor our service area, so we chose to use CLEAR," said Patrick Walter, General Manager, Purissima Hills Water District. 

Designed to meet the needs of utilities and municipalities across the U.S., Dropcountr is initially targeting the drought-stricken West with its first flagship utility product, CLEAR. Whether a utility is managing a service area of 5,000 residents or 5 million, CLEAR's simple user interface visually maps daily, monthly and annual water consumption and identifies user trends, problematic water hogs and damaging leaks. And, utilities can now quickly aggregate and export monthly usage data for newly codified reporting regulation in a matter of a few clicks.  

Additional CLEAR Benefits:                                        

Active Consumer Engagement Translates to Happy, Proactive Customers: CLEAR allows utility staff to easily identify and engage specific customer segments, sending personalized messages, relevant rebates and targeted conservation tips via email or push messages. By leveraging Dropcountr's mobile app, utilities can actively engage customers in a timely, cost-effective medium that wasn't previously available with traditional snail mail campaigns. Smart meter homes can be notified before users exceed rate-tiers or experience costly leaks. And utilities can more easily access a customer's profile, engagement history, and account records to better meet their needs. CLEAR also provides customer web screen mirroring, which makes customer support calls fast and easy for staff.

Big Meter Data is Manageable with Meter-Agnostic Analytics + Flexible Filtering: With CLEAR, utilities can harness the benefits of big data, with a single streamlined MDM solution that manages data analytics from multiple smart meter providers. CLEAR's analytics are meter-agnostic and optimized for all metered data, so utilities can access their entire service area and filter data by customer segments, usage, and location to identify trends and abnormal use. By pre-packaging the analytics, utility staff can reliably manage their service area using CLEAR.

"The drought has continued to challenge utilities in new ways – now staff must quickly and effectively communicate with their customers, and assemble system data for mandatory reporting. In response, we consulted with utilities and designed CLEAR to be a turnkey solution for all utilities to save time and resources- making monitoring, outreach and reporting easy," said Robb Barnitt, CEO of Dropcountr.

About Dropcountr
Dropcountr is the leading provider of digital water conservation solutions that empower consumers and utilities to save water and money. Its mobile-based water conservation platform provides daily water consumption data for smart-metered residences and analytics to consumers to change behavior, identify leaks, and take advantage of utility rebates. Dropcountr partners with water districts and utilities to engage consumers and meet efficiency goals through behavioral science strategies, leveraging CLEAR. Dropcountr's mobile platform is now available for free on iOS, Android and the web. For more information about Dropcountr visit: http://dropcountr.com/ and follow @dropcountr on Twitter.

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