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United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Water
(4204)
EPA832-F-99-084
December 1999
www.epa.gov/owm/genwave.htm
Wave-Saver Water
Management Software
Water Alliances for Voluntary Efficiency (WAVE) is a non-regulatory water efficiency
partnership created and supported by U.S. EPA. WAVE'S mission is to encourage commer-
cial businesses and other institutions to reduce water consumption while increasing efficiency,
profitability, and competitiveness.
What Can WAVE*Saver Do For You?
All WAVE participants receive WAVE* Saver, a free analytical software package that assists
partners in determining cost-effective water efficiency measures with minimal time, effort,
and expense. WAVE'Saver helps partners to:
• Create detailed and accurate characterizations of overall water use of properties.
• Track water use over time and calculate the incremental cost of water.
9 Select, customize, and print property-specific forms to guide the collection of water use data.
* Determine current allocation of water use (and related energy use) among all fixtures and
equipment.
• Calculate and compare payback period, annual savings, and costs of installation and
maintenance of any combination of water efficiency measures.
• Determine the most applicable cost-saving measures from hundreds of efficiency options.
9 Create property-specific budget projections and track ongoing costs and savings over time due
to cost-saving measures.
• Print presentation-ready graphs and reports.
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Water Alliances For
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"Now we actually have
an idea of how much water we
are using. The WAVE* Saver
software gives me a number
to aim for."
James Doyle
Energy Conservation Engineer
Harrah's of Las Vegas
WAVE»Saver Features
WAVE'Saver guides partners through each
step of implementing water efficiency mea-
sures using the following features:
9 Instructions for collecting water use data
for all types of fixtures and water-related
equipment.
• Clear and comprehensive on-line help.
9 User-friendly interface.
9 Detailed information on water efficiency
measures, complemented by audio and
video displays.
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It allows convenient input of a small data set describing your
water-consuming fixtures, with default values you can use if
you do not have data for your facility.
After you set up retrofit options for the facility you
described, WAVE»Saver shows your projected cost
savings in easy-to-understand graphs.
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WAVE-Saver was developed in conjunction with leading water experts, and sponsored by EPS 'ami tŁe Kfetrop'oMan
Water District of Southern California. WAVE»Saver is Y2K compliant and runs on any personal computer with
Windows® 3.x or Windows 95® operating systems, at least a 486DX33 processor, 8 MB RAM, and 15 MB free HisE space.
Multimedia capability (at least double-speed CD-ROM drive, 16-bit industry-standard sound card, 256-color video accel-
erator card, and two shielded speakers) is recommended.
For More Information
Please contact:
WAVE Program Director
U.S. EPA (4204)
Ariol Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460.
Or call (202) 260-7288. Fax: (202) 260-1827.
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