SCADA Dreams and Realities Every time a business or utility completes a new Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, their secret dream is that it will work flawlessly forever. In reality, the average system has an effective lifespan of about ten years. While some software manufacturers support their products well beyond this timeframe, others[…]
The benefits and challenges of water/wastewater monitoring in winter. A Profile of Woodstock, New Brunswick Like many municipal water and wastewater utilities, the Town of Woodstock, New Brunswick, has seen its share of ice and snow. Over 30 years, the town has averaged 107.2 inches (272.20 cm) of snow a year with winter temperatures dropping[…]
Farm-based SCADA systems provide frost protection, maximize crop yield and prevent excess water runoff. Overview Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are common place at municipal utilities and manufacturing facilities. After five years of developing cellular-based systems to monitor agricultural irrigation, integrator KC Enterprises Ltd.* observed that farms are a lot like outdoor factories[…]
The benefits of adopting a complete SCADA system over a sophisticated RTU-based solution. For over a decade, The Bahamas Water and Sewerage Company (BWSC) faced significant service challenges on the Island of New Providence. These included a lack of centralized monitoring and control for the island’s primary water treatment and distribution system, as well as[…]
Arizona utility breaks new ground in water reuse with help from VTScada software The Fountain Hills Sanitary District (FHSD) provides wastewater treatment for over 13,000 homes and businesses. In addition to supplying the town’s namesake fountain, its treated water irrigates local golf courses and parks. In 2000, the utility developed an innovative way to make[…]
Completed by Express Electric Kaufman, Texas is an attractive community of 7,000 people located just a few miles outside the Dallas city limits. In this profile, Jerry Yates, W/WW Superintendent, describes their Wonderware replacement project for the water distribution system. The Public Works Department is responsible for the wastewater treatment plant, the wastewater collections system[…]
Integrated HMI tools help a MA water utility get the most from historical data. Serving roughly 35,000 people, the Town of Natick Water/Sewer Division remotely monitors two water reservoirs, 32 sewer lift stations and two drinking water treatment plants. In 2008, the utility found itself with an aging monitoring & control system that was becoming[…]
A Michigan Integrator’s Hosted SCADA System helps local utilities achieve world-class monitoring and control systems for less The Increasing Need for SCADA Water and wastewater utilities are under increasing pressure to prevent service disruption, control costs, and provide management and regulators with detailed process information. This requires a modern supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)[…]