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How To Make Your SCADA System Pay For Itself
April 1, 2009
•Case Study: How To Make Your SCADA System Pay For Itself
By Danny Sloan and Christopher Little
Iredell Water Corporation is responsible for supplying drinking water to over 8,700 customers in the Western Piedmont area of North Carolina. For years, the utility considered implementing a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to oversee the remote telemetry units (RTUs) at its remote tanks and wells. Each time, the high cost of these products prevented them from proceeding. In 2006, a systems integrator recommended an HMI software product that supported their existing RTUs and had a price point that was within their budget. Once installed, they were immediately struck by the amount of information that SCADA could provide them. In this article, Danny Sloan, of Iredell Water, discusses how they are using this information to help pay for the new system through increased reliability and reduced operating costs.
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