Case Study: Ankara Emergency Water Supply AuCom helped progress the emergency water supply for Turkey’s capital city, Ankara by providing a soft starter solution in less than a third the normal manufacturing time. AuCom supplied 60 medium voltage soft starters to insure a secure and reliable pumping solution to each of the five pump stations along the 80 mile pipeline. Ankara experienced low snowfall and precipitation during early 2007 coupled with very hot temperatures that depleted water supplies. Ankara’s water system, severely stressed by this drought, was running very low despite many restrictions in place on watering and water use. The drought placed pressure on the city with many hospitals forced to cancel non-emergency surgery. Restaurants were serving meals on paper plates and of

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