Madrid, July 11, 2005. – Telvent (NASDAQ TLVT), the Global Real-Time IT Company, has now deployed ArcFM to Townsville City Council in North Queensland, Australia to maintain and manage their water, wastewater, and stormwater networks. The implementation of ArcFM has enabled the automation of fundamental processes, which have seen a productivity increase of 300% for maintenance and 25% for ‘as constructed’ subdivision capture. This automation has helped Townsville City Council’s asset management capability to remain in the top 10% of Councils nationally.

Townsville City Council selected ArcFM, an extension to the ESRI ArcGIS suite supplied by ESRI Australia, to improve existing network management capability and to ensure that the Council can meet the stringent regulatory demands and level of service required by clients.

ArcFM is being used to manage over 1600km of water (including the Townsville Thuringowa Water Board assets), 800km of wastewater, and 600km of stormwater networks.

"The Townsville City Council is always looking to take advantage of the latest technology to improve productivity and efficiency. By already achieving a 300% productivity gain in data maintenance less than six months after implementation, ArcFM has more than proven its return on investment," said Sandra Sherriff, Coordinator, Land Information Unit, Townsville City Council.

ArcFM has delivered to the Council utility-specific network tracing, strip mapping functionality, and enhanced field mapping capability with its ability to automatically zoom to errors and by carrying ArcFM data integrity through to ArcPad projects.

ESRI Australia has been helping people manage and analyze geographic information for more than 25 years as the leading supplier of GIS solutions in Australia. With unlimited access to the world's premier sources of geospatial technical knowledge through ESRI Inc, combined with experienced staff with a passion for GIS, ESRI Australia continues to set the standard for high quality GIS solutions. (www.esriaustralia.com.au).

Miner & Miner (M&M), a Telvent company, is a world leader in the development and implementation of GIS software for utilities. M&M’s ArcFM Solution and its extended services assist electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities in increasing productivity, lowering costs, and improving services by allowing them to effectively manage spatial information. Founded in 1946 as a full-service electrical engineering firm, M&M has been a business partner of ESRI since 1987. This partnership has enabled M&M to become the world's leading developer of ArcGIS applications for the utility industry. M&M services include implementation and customization of software to fit the needs of individual utilities. (www.miner.com)

Telvent (NASDAQ TLVT), the Global Real-Time IT Company, specializes in high added-value solutions in four specific industrial sectors (Energy, Traffic, Transport, and Environment) in Europe, North America, Latin America and China (www.telvent.com). ArcFM Solution, ArcFM, ArcFM Viewer, Designer, Responder, Conduit Manager, and Network Adapter are trademarks of Miner and Miner, a Telvent´s company, Consulting Engineers, Inc. Other companies and products mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.