SCADA and Automation Solutions and Insight For Utility Managers
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Smarter SCADA Alarming
1/9/2018
One afternoon at a waste water treatment facility, an alarm goes off when the water pressure gets too high in one of the tanks. The alarm is set at priority level 4, which means “critical,” but it doesn’t stand out because almost every other alarm at the facility is set at that level. Besides, the operator can’t acknowledge it right away because he’s dealing with several other alarms that went off a few minutes earlier – which he doesn’t yet realize are just “nuisance alarms.”
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Leakage Losses Managed While Avoiding Increase In Capital Costs In Rockland County, NY
SUEZ North America worked with Optimatics to investigate whether changing fixed-pressure reducing valve settings and pump controls could help to reduce leakage losses in the Rockland County water distribution system-without compromising on customer service levels.
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COVID-19 And Wastewater Utilities
4/23/2020
Today, the world is facing unprecedented circumstances that are affecting every single sector and the water service is no exception. Although there is still more research to be done, this article has collected the currently available information to highlight how wastewater utilities have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, this article will attempt to look at the outbreak’s impact on utilities, the potential hazards, and the predominant solution.
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Hits Its Stride For Water, Wastewater, And Stormwater Treatment
11/1/2019
It took some time for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to find its way to the water industry, but now that it has, a primer is warranted to understand its application.
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Gas Processing Data Analysis From Afar
1/14/2019
Unmanned well sites in remote locations present operational challenges. Data must not only be collected, but it also must be monitored to uncover any discrepancies, and ideally predict any problems before they occur. Advanced analytics software, coupled with a sophisticated data collection system, can address these issues, and also provide additional benefits.
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Water Data Smackdown: Meet The Top 10 Innovators
1/15/2016
Imagine H2O recently announced the 10 finalists from more than 90 worldwide entrants to its Water Data Challenge. Here’s a brief overview of each company and what they offer.
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North Las Vegas Puts Advanced Wastewater Treatment To Work
12/13/2021
The North Las Vegas Water Reclamation Facility treats an average of 17 million gallons a day (MGD) of wastewater through an advanced nutrient removal process with subsequent membrane filtration. The utility’s process control enables treatment effluent exceeding typical environmental standards and allows discharge to Lake Meade, where it subsequently is withdrawn and fully treated by other facilities for drinking water distribution.
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How Alarmed Should You Be About Operator Effectiveness?
10/17/2018
As water and wastewater treatment plant (WTP/WWTP) processes and control systems become more sophisticated, maximizing operator effectiveness becomes more complex as well. A well-planned alarm and control strategy can make a significant difference between valuable decision-making information and confusing, disjointed, data points. This article highlights key strategies for foreseeing problems in advance, fixing them faster, and having a higher success rate by maximizing operator effectiveness.
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What's New in Info360 Asset
12/20/2021
Since Info360 Asset launched a beta version in July, and its general availability at Autodesk University at the beginning of October, the Innovyze team has continued improving the product based on early customer feedback. Info360 Asset allows water utilities, local councils, their contractors, and consultants to better leverage CCTV inspections to assess conditions and risk for wastewater assets. These most recent enhancements improve business risk exposure calculations and enhance both risk and condition reporting.
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How To Find Critical Pipe Bursts
11/6/2020
While there are commonalities for the chief causes of burst pipes (i.e. frozen pipes, water pressure, corrosion, etc.), the impact of each pipe burst will vary depending on the burst size, duration, location, time of the day, and many other parameters.