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Case Study: Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD)
5/31/2007
A five-year plan prepared by SRCSD identified the challenges associated with a rapidly expanding service area while meeting increased environmental regulations. Major changes to the wastewater treatment pant computer system were required to overcome these challenges
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Case Study: City Of San Diego - COMNET Project
12/21/2005
In 1994, Westinghouse (now Emerson Process Management Power & Water Solutions) was selected by the City of San Diego's Metropolitan Wastewater Department for the Central Operations Management Network (COMNET) project -- a massive $1.4 billion dollar effort to upgrade its primary treatment facilities and construct two water reclamation plants, a sludge processing facility, and an operations center
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Intelligent Design: Understanding Process Automation And Control
3/1/2012
Water Online caught up with Doug Johnson, director of business development at Emerson Process Management Power & Water Solutions, to get his take on the many challenges utilities face, and how these challenges can be overcome by incorporating an automation master plan.
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Case Study: Increased Reliability And Reduced Costs Result In Savings Of $1 Million For ALCOSAN
6/15/2006
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) required ALCOSAN to prepare a comprehensive plan in accordance with requirements of the Act 537 Comprehensive Sewage Facilities Plan...
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Continuous Monitoring And Control System Improves Communication, Operating Efficiency
3/7/2007
In the early 1990s, the Borough of Ridgway purchased several separate systems to control their water treatment and five bay filtration processes. Through the years, technology obsolescence led to difficulties in obtaining support and spare parts for all the systems. At one point, the existing systems completely failed, leaving Ridgway employees to manually operate the plant for several months. A new, more efficient system was desperately needed.