Articles: BirdNest In The Press

Houston Chronicle, March 19, 2010

Tech Startups: Water works, kids' games, shopping  "The world's oil capital is home to scores of hopeful entrepreneurs developing new Web sites, software, medical devices, clean technologies and other innovations. " Read Full Article

Water Utility Management Magazine, January 2009

Saving Time and Money with Cell-Based Data Collection “It provides an extra level of efficiency and effectiveness that allows employees to do their jobs better, which in turn satisfies the company's clients — and that gets voiced in the community and opens new opportunities for Severn Trent.” 
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Municipal Sewer & Water Magazine, December 2008
Getting Things in Order “Cell phone data collection system helps townships organize Water/Sewer operations.” Read the full article 

Public Works Magazine, August 1, 2008
Unexpected Payoff
"How one wastewater department cut its capital budget by $68 million that would also reduce operating and maintenance expenses for its upgraded system by $400,000 to $500,000 per year." Read Full Article

Press Release Houston, 9-5-2008
New System Saves Water Facilities Time and Money
BirdNest, a company that develops information systems for the water/wastewater industry, has created a tool called Automated Exception Reporting (AER) making it much easier to comply with regulations each month as water is treated and supplied to the public.
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Municipal Sewer & Water Magazine, June 2008
Over the Airways
"A data collection and reporting system based on cell phones aids system management and capital planning for the City of Pearland, Texas." Read Full Article

Water & Wastes Digest, January-December 2007
From Hesitation to Automation
"Two companies save time gain accuracy with automated report generation." Read Full Article 

Water & Wastes Digest, January 2006
Water utility uses cell phones to gather field data
City of Pearland  Texas replaces hand written documents with cell phone-based service resulting in hours of saved time." Read Full Article