CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
22 April 2013
Company News
Bentley Systems Proudly Supports ‘Water For People’ with Major Donation to Help Improve Water Systems in Emerging Economies
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, announced that it has contributed $100,000 to Water For People in support of the organization’s work improving water systems in emerging economies around the world. Bentley has also donated a selection of eight software products from its portfolio, including MicroStation, WaterGEMS,SewerGEMS, FlowMaster, and Bentley Map. The software will be used by Water For People team members to design, engineer, and construct water systems, as well as to map the functionality of water points in every district. Team members will access the software through Bentley’s STUDENTserver self-serve website, which will enable them to download, at no charge, current and future versions of the software and provide them with access to training and technical support.
Water For People teaches local communities in Africa, Central and South America, and India how to build, manage, and maintain water and sanitation systems, and to build capacity that ensures the systems can be operated and maintained at levels appropriate for each community. Bentley is a global sponsor of Water For People, with many of its colleagues – including Bentley COO Malcolm Walter, who serves on the organization’s board – volunteering their time to the organization.
Ned Breslin, executive director, Water For People, said, “I want to thank Bentley not only for its generous contributions, but also for its long-standing corporate commitment to sustaining crucial infrastructure, including water systems, around the globe. Its funding and donation of software for cost-effectively designing and building water and wastewater systems, along with the enthusiastic volunteer work in support of our programs by many of its colleagues, will help us continue to have a significant positive impact on the communities we serve. With the continued support of corporate partners like Bentley, we may one day see an end to water poverty everywhere.”
Added Malcolm Walter, “Improving quality of life for people around the world is an essential part of Bentley’s mission. It’s what investment in sustaining infrastructure is all about. All of us at Bentley Systems are very pleased to support the crucial and amazing work that Water For People is doing sustaining water systems in areas currently struggling to provide communities with adequate supplies of safe drinking water. Very recently, on a trip to Bolivia, I was able to see firsthand the difference this wonderful organization is making in people’s lives. I saw the happiness in the faces of villagers who now have running water at their doorstep instead of 3 to 5 kilometers away – something that we in the developed world take for granted.”
He continued, “Water For People’s ‘Everyone Forever’ vision is for every family, every school, and every health clinic in the areas it works to have access to improved water and sanitation on a sustainable basis. Through the hard work and dedication of the volunteers behind this organization, partnering with local governments and municipalities and empowering people to be the architects of their own solutions, this vision of clean, safe water for everyone, forever, is becoming a reality.”
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