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water treatment plant is up-
graded, the DESS will also be
able to convey the clean efflu-
ent for toilet flushing and ir-
rigation reducing the potable
water demand by up to 40%
in addition to the reducing
the energy consumption by
50%.”
One of the key enablers
of reusing the water through-
out the community, is that
the reclaimed water is both a
source of non-potable water
and the carrier of thermal en-
ergy, a much higher value re-
source. This is uniquely made
possible by the TITUS DESS.
The evolution of the busi-
ness saw TITUS develop over
the last eight years from an
engineering consulting firm
in partnership with DEC En-
gineering, to spinning off just
a little over two years ago, to
focusing on developing sus-
tainable utilities technology.
It now has an office in Canada
and the United Kingdom, with
approximately seven employ-
ees. TITUS has formed part-
nerships with a number of
firms of which Sterling Coo-
per, an industrial engineer-
ing firm, is one. For industrial
heat recovery and water rec-
lamation utilities, TITUS has
joined forces with Natural
System Utilities (NSU).
The UK office is managed
entirely out of Canada in Vic-
toria, British Columbia. TITUS
is currently in the process of
setting up a number of proj-
ects with one of the largest
developers in the world, and
one of the largest privately
held energy service firms in
the world.
“The main thing is, we
want to continue to evolve
as a company. The version of
the technology that we were
putting out two years ago is
not the same as it is today.
We’re equipped with a tech-
nology road map that goes
out three or four generations
from where we are today, so
we can adopt and adapt to
the changes in the technol-
ogy, the marketplace and the
environment,” said Lindquist.
The TITUS District Energy
Sharing System utility is a
relatively new way to reduce
costs. However, more impor-
