SCADA and Automation Solutions and Insight For Utility Managers

1. AMA Improves Accuracy And Customer Service For Texas City 2/24/2016

   After deployment of an AMI system that didn’t work properly, initially forcing them to manually read meters, Highland Village was in need of a new vendor and product they could count on. Enter Badger Meter and the BEACON® AMA managed solution, with ORION® Cellular endpoints.

2. Enabling Real-Time Information: Bridging The Dark Data Gap 8/27/2021

   In our increasingly digital world, utilities have greater access to real-time information on the operating conditions, performance, and health of their infrastructure. This enables more efficient operations and better-informed planning decisions, more proactive response to network events, and more preventive or predictive maintenance of critical assets. Data can come from a wide range of sources—field applications, SCADA platforms, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, automatic vehicle location (AVL) systems, weather forecasts, and social media. This large amount of data can be overwhelming, quickly becoming dark data—data that is gathered and stored, often in departmental silos, but not used in any meaningful way.

3. WannaCry And NotPetya Demand A Cybersecurity Strategy 4/18/2019

   The need for a solid cybersecurity strategy has been discussed and debated for almost a half a century now, and yet the basic worm-type attacks first documented back in 1972 are still with us today. Why? Because even the most basic measures to protect control systems from these types of attacks are still not systematically employed. 

4. IoT — An Ideal Technology To Revolutionize Sewage Treatment And Management 2/9/2021

   With freshwater sources depleting rapidly, treating and consuming wastewater seems to be the only option in the near future. As per a UN population fund released in 2001, it was estimated that the world will start facing water-related issues by 2050.

5. Apps Improve Inspection Workflows And Efficiency 6/25/2021

   The Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary District (IGLSD) is a wastewater collection and treatment facility. IGLSD's work is critical for protecting the high water quality of Iowa's Great Lakes. These lakes are part of a chain of glacial lakes that span about 15,000 acres. The Iowa Great Lakes area attracts over one million visitors a year according to the local chamber of commerce.

6. West Coast Water Utility Manages Flow Fluctuations With Single Rolling Diaphragm Valves 2/10/2023

   Having the right valves to manage large fluctuations in water flow is one way that utilities can balance erratic flows and stay ahead of evolving community demands.

7. Water And Wastewater Control Systems: Overcoming A Tidal Wave Of Security Concerns 7/10/2017

   It was reported in Verizon’s 2016 Data Breach Digest that a hacktivist group associated with Syria hacked into an anonymous water utility’s control system and changed the levels of chemicals being used to treat tap water. An unnamed water district, dubbed the Kemuri Water Company (KWC), experienced unexplained patterns of valve and duct movements over at least a period of 60 days.

8. Provo Benefits From Enhanced Connectivity Of Utility Network 11/10/2020

   The Public Works Department at the City of Provo is responsible for delivering safe and reliable water, wastewater, and stormwater services to its more than 18,000 customers. Already utilizing Esri's ArcGIS Enterprise on the geometric network, Provo saw how upgrading to Esri's new ArcGIS Utility Network could greatly benefit the organization.

9. Affordable Accuracy For Water Distribution Monitoring 4/9/2020

   Non-revenue water (NRW) and other information gaps that have significant impact on operating costs are causing many water distribution utilities to seek affordable ways to gain greater insight into flow data. In this Q&A, Barry Spiegel of McCrometer describes how full-profile insertion (FPI) electromagnetic flow meters (mag meters) can provide relief, without breaking the bank.

10. Can The Internet Of Things Lower AMI Solution Cost? 4/11/2016

    Low-power wide-area networks are critical to the Internet of Things but may also work to bring advanced metering infrastructure to the masses.