SCADA and Automation Solutions and Insight For Utility Managers

  1. Connecting To The Future: Where Will Digitally Linked Devices Take The Water Industry? 12/2/2015

    You may hear talk of an emerging “smart grid” in the sector. Maybe you’ve heard of a tomorrow dependent on the Internet of Things (IoT). Whatever they choose to call it, advocates will agree: a network of digitally connected devices is emerging, which will pool data together and funnel it to a single source, painting a more complete picture of how water is used. And soon, it will be everywhere.

  2. $0 CAPEX Model Aids Innovation In Changing Water Environments 10/6/2020

    Managers of industrial, municipal, and agricultural water quality or water use monitoring can attest to the challenges of balancing depth of detail against the costs of achieving it. Now, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) business model is rewriting the economic impacts of those challenges by repackaging water monitoring capabilities to meet evolving needs more efficiently.

  3. U.S. Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act: Prioritizing Capital Water Improvement Projects 8/25/2022

    According to the 2021 Infrastructure Report Card, only 21% of all U.S. utilities report being able to fully cover the cost of providing drinking water services.

  4. 6 Ways Engineering Firms Can Help Utilities Of Any Size With Asset Management 1/11/2021

    How engineering firms can customize their asset management engineering services.

  5. Q&A: The Roots And Importance Of Utility Digital Transformation 7/4/2020

    Idrica is the result of a decade-long digital transformation of processes and infrastructures at the Spanish water utility, Global Omnium, which has been around for 130 years. New equipment was needed on a large scale, such as sensor networks, so GoAigua smart water technology was created to provide real-time data integration from all processes and a holistic view to help boost efficiency.

  6. On The Rise: Quality Of Water, Quality Of Life — From Northeast U.S. To Central Africa 11/11/2015

    Bbanda is a small rural village of about 1,100 people in southern central Uganda, located 45 minutes from the closest town of Mityana. There is no electricity or reliable source of drinking water. But thanks to the work of some engineering students, that’s about to change.

  7. Monitor And Control Critical Water Infrastructure In Real-Time 9/22/2022

    Discover how Contact Automation deployed a FreeWave solution to transform communications capabilities of Sylvan Lake, Canada's water and wastewater operation. 

  8. End-Of-Life Total Flow Alarming System Takes Faulconer Energy To The Edge 10/12/2022

    FreeWave’s Edge platform with edge polling and alarming future-proofs systems, lowers costs and minimizes operational failures.

  9. Rising Into The Water Sector – A Perspective From A Young Woman Of Color 5/19/2022

    As a young woman of color in the water industry, I wanted to dive deeper into the current state of affairs, both in water and in the general workforce. As an industry, we have a long way to go.

  10. Digitalization In The Water Industry: Look How Far We've Come 8/2/2022
    Every once in a while, I hear someone saying that digitalization, or going digital, is the next big thing in the water industry. Don't look now, but digitalization is here; and it has been for a few decades.