Our history dates back to 1959 when the Founder, Rick Evans, began a career in the water works industry. He went on to become a very successful salesman at a large waterworks supplier within the province, and eventually decided to start his own business. In 1992, Rick and his wife Linda founded Evans Supply with only three employees. At that time they saw an immediate need for more focus on the Municipal water and wastewater sector. Not long after inception, Evans Supply became a stocking distributor for three key product lines including Neptune water meters, Ford brass and pipe products, as well as Kupferle water distribution products.
Today, Evans Supply has grown to include nine full-time employees with a strong customer base of Municipal and First Nations customers in Ontario. Keeping in the tradition of husband and wife ownership, the ESL team is now led by Edward and Linda Bertolo who purchased the company in early 2010. We continue to build on the core business values set out by our founders.
The ESL team has over 100 years of combined experience in the water/wastewater market. We are dedicated to continuing our tradition of offering the best products and service possible to our valued customers. "We not only supply exceptional products we also supply exceptional customer service".
Quality products and customer service have always been our main focus. Product technology is constantly evolving, and ESL works closely with our suppliers to remain current and up-to-date with our product training so that we can provide the best possible customer support for our product lines.
Our inventory level plays an important role in our customer support as well. Our product delivery performance differentiates us from most of our competitors, with most deliveries occurring within a week and some are even next-day or same-day. ESL doesn’t just sell the product, in many instances we assist customers with cost benefit models that help them to select the correct product and/or service offering for their applications and projects.
Edward joined ESL in the fall of 2004. Ed has accumulated 20 years of experience in the industry including 9 years working for Neptune Technology Group in various roles including Field Service, Customer Service and Product Management. Ed spent the last four years of his Neptune career as the Canadian Product Manager for water meters and meter reading systems.
Linda joined ESL in the fall of 2008. Linda brings 13 years of experience from the banking industry where she held various management roles at TD Waterhouse. Linda’s experience played a key role in the purchase of ESL in the spring 2010.
Dave started with ESL in the spring of 2014. Dave is an experienced veteran of the water works business with over 29 years of experience working with Neptune Technology Group in metering, AMR/AMI systems, implementation, project deployment, marketing, customer service and support.
Mike started with ESL in the fall of 2009 after gaining a year of product experience with Neptune Technology Group. Mike brings valuable sales experience from similar sales positions in the technology sector.
Frank started with ESL in December of 2007. Frank brings more than 15 years of sales account management experience from his previous job roles.
Tim joined ESL in the summer of 2004. Tim’s previous work experience includes 10 years of warehouse management expertise at a large tool distribution company situated in the London area.
Shaun started at ESL early in 2010. Shaun brings 13 years of water meter testing and repair experience from Coulter Meter Service prior to joining our company. Shaun also gained valuable waterworks experience working with Aqua Specialties for several years prior to being in the meter testing business.
Joann joined our team in 2018 bringing 13 years of experience in her role as a coordinator in the education sector. Joann was responsible for the management of all daily operations and new construction for the parking and security departments throughout Seneca College's network of campuses..
