SCADA Water Management System (Water Monitoring) Articles

XIO cloud scada control system simplifies regulatory reporting for small community water system - Case Study

LOCATION Northern California APPLICATION Well Controller System INSTALLATION July 2016 PRODUCT WCS-100 The City of Tehama, like thousands of other small cities and towns, provides drinking water to roughly 400 people through 195 service connections. According to the US EPA, over 65% of the nation’s nearly 60,000 Community Water Systems deliver potable water to 500 people or fewer. In ...

Jan. 7, 2021

By XiO, Inc.

Harnessing the full benefit of AI in water

Water companies, with their huge asset bases and wide-ranging data, can benefit greatly from advances in artificial intelligence – but what steps should they be taking to reap the rewards?Three leading innovation experts lend their insight to Benjamin Tam, managing director of global technology and innovation consultancy Isle UK. From water network monitoring and sewer management, to ...

May 25, 2020

By Isle Utilities

County of Maui Board of Water Supply: SCADA upgrade with Kingfisher RTUs - Case Study

About the Project This project was undertaken by our American Kingfisher RTU distributor, ATSI. The client is the Board of Water Supply of the County of Maui. Maui County is composed of three islands (Maui, Lanai and Molokai). There are a number of cities on the Island of Maui. Maui County is rather unique as they have a SCADA and Telemetry Division located in Kahului, Hawaii, whose job is to ...

Dec. 10, 2019

By Ovarro

Kingfisher RTUs: Installed in Ventura River County Water System - Case Study

When the Ventura River County Water District in Ojai, California required a new SCADA system, the solution was an ATSI Intelligent SCADA system utilising Servelec Kingfisher RTUs. The system was designed with distributed control architecture to provide “fail-safe” operation and to minimise the impact of single and multiple component failures during system operation. The SCADA ...

Dec. 10, 2019

By Ovarro (formerly Servelec Technologies & Primayer)

Taking denitrification to the next level: An upgrade of proven technology with 21st century I&C

KEYWORDS Instrumentation, Automation, SCADA, Denitrification, Case Study, Wastewater, Water Reclamation ABSTRACT In 2006, one of the largest water reclamation facilities in the northern Virginia area recognized the need to expand the facility from 18 to 24 million gallons per day (mgd) to support future growth in Prince William County, Virginia. At the same time, new regulations necessitated ...

Jul. 29, 2019

By ChemScan, Inc.

SCADA for rural water systems

When I started out as a water operator, I was given a fourwheel drive truck and a key to the gas pump. I drove all over checking tanks, adjusting disinfection and living in the treatment plant. Today, we expect more from our technology. Driving around is expensive and unproductive. Surely, the same electronics that have revolutionized our daily lives can change the water industry. Not exactly, it ...

Apr. 29, 2019

By XiO, Inc.

Why SCADA has Failed Rural Water and How Cloud Technology is Fixing the Failure

SCADA–Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition–has been the workhorse of large factories. When SCADA is applied to Rural Water Systems, the limits of Old SCADA show. The need for onsite technical support is costly and yet unpredictable. Rather than taking more control of their water systems. Rural Water operators have lost the ability to support their water systems. Against this ...

Apr. 29, 2019

By XiO, Inc.

Singer pilot regulates anchorage water supply - Case Study

Their Challenge In 2003, when Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility (AWWU) faced an efficiency application issue, the utility’s engineering consultant contacted a Singer Valve representative. “We operate more than 55 pressure zones,” says Richard Steckel, AWWU’s general foreman. “These pressure zones are fed from multiple sources and require adjustments from a ...

Jan. 18, 2019

By Mueller Water Products

Singer valve improves aussie water supply - Case Study

Their Challenge South East Water Ltd., one of Melbourne, Australia’s three water retailers, depends upon Singer Valve for a variety of pressure reducing and altitude control valves. When the valve at the Knox Reservoir water storage tank wore out and created too much noise, South East Water asked Singer to help. Our Solution To minimize pipe pressure and to avoid an overflowing tank, ...

Jan. 18, 2019

By Mueller Water Products

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From the time that SCADA systems became popular in the 1960s, the fundamental architecture has remained largely the same. Similar to the evolution of the automobile – from Henry Ford’s Model T to the 2018 Porsche Cayenne – the fundamental architecture of how a combustion engine vehicle operates has remained unchanged. That is, until the Tesla Roadster was developed in 2006. ...

Aug. 1, 2018

By XiO, Inc.

What happens when your water system PC dies?

Large water systems employ Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) to monitor and control the flow of water through the system. Because SCADA is so expensive and complex to install, program and maintain, SCADA is rarely used by small water operators. However, when SCADA is used for small water systems, it tends to be vulnerable to a number of failure scenarios. What happens when these ...

Jan. 23, 2017

By XiO, Inc.

Why wouldn’t you want to save 25% on your water system electrical bill?

This seemingly simple question leads to a discussion that concludes, “Because it is a surprisingly complex problem with some devilish details” Electrical Time-of-Use Electricity is generally in the highest demand during summer weekdays when industrial needs combine with air conditioning loads. Therefore electrical generating companies are increasingly offering Electrical Time-of-Use ...

Jan. 23, 2017

By XiO, Inc.

Wireless SCADA technology supports utility during winter storm - Case Study

Managed cellular system helps California water utility achieve zero downtime. Hillview Water Company in Oakhurst, Calif., credits its cellular SCADA system for averting disaster in winter 2011. Its remote monitoring capabilities kept water flowing to thousands of customers after a major snow storm caused massive power outages and wreaked havoc on the surrounding area. The public utility lies in ...

Oct. 1, 2013

By Mission Communications, LLC

Real-time modeling of trihalomethane formation in a full-scale distribution system

Using a combination of modeling and online water quality instrumentation, utilities can produce real-time predictions of trihalomethane (THM) formation in their distribution system. In this study, an empirical model was used to predict THM formation and embedded into a full-scale supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. Online water quality instrumentation provided input values ...

Oct. 30, 2012

By IWA Publishing

Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure Management

Explains how to optimize the operation of water supply systems and the related advances in SCADA – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition – systems Examines the advances in design and construction methods such as BIM – Building Information Modeling Explains municipal budgeting, chain of planning, programming, and other related subjects Includes new information ...

Mar. 27, 2012

By IWA Publishing

Shillelagh sewage treatment works

Address: Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow Client: Wicklow County Council Engineer/Client Contact Details: Sean O'Neill S.E.E, Environment & Sanitary Section, Wicklow Co. Co., County Buildings, Wicklow. Ph: 0404 20100 Completion Date: September 2001 Population Equivalent: 8,00 P.E. Value: â‚¬ 140,000 + Vat BMS Design Details: BMS designed, supplied, installed & commissioned 2 no. BMS BL 4000 ...

Apr. 7, 2010

By Butler Manufacturing Services Ltd. (BMS)

High tech in the low country - Case Study

Mixing cellular and traditional SCADA reduces operations costs and improves environmental protection ARTICLE SUMMARY Challenge: Beaufort, S.C.'s water and sewer authority knew it needed SCADA to keep up with expansion and regulations, but it needed to implement the technology cost-effectively. Solution: Working with Mission Communications to obtain a tailored, cost-effective cellular SCADA ...

Feb. 1, 2010

By Mission Communications, LLC

High Tech in the low country

Area utilities in Beaufort, S.C., are provided primarily by the Beaufort Jasper Water and Sewer Authority (BJWSA). The authority's service area includes Beaufort and Jasper counties, which encompass more than 1,200 sq miles and 125,000 customers of their own, plus a number of other utilities within the counties. This quiet, historic area seems an unlikely place for a five-year-long search for ...

Feb. 1, 2010

By Mission Communications, LLC

Sydney Water Environment and Innovation

The Hydrographic Group within Sydney Water controls and manages the corporate Hydstra/TS licence, which is used throughout Sydney Water Corporation. The central Hydstra archive is held on the Hydrographic server, and contains over 20,000,000 days of archived data for specific parameters. Data subsets are distributed from here via Hydstra exports to 18 network sites, comprising Sydney Water, AWT, ...

Aug. 20, 2009

By KISTERS AG

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