SCADA and Automation Solutions and Insight For Utility Managers

  1. Partnering To Transform Water 7/8/2022

    The results of our partnership with the City of South Bend have been transformative. Learn how together we’ve cut sewer overflows, saved costs and delivered on environmental targets 

  2. Complying With The EPA's First Limits On Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' For Public Drinking Water 1/3/2024

    Monitoring and reporting software helps utilities meet compliance requirements.

  3. The Importance Of Integrating Your Hydraulic Model With SCADA Systems 10/24/2024

    This article will explore the key benefits of combining SCADA with hydraulic models, and how engineers, modelers, and operators can work together more effectively.

  4. Automation 101: Open Loop Control 12/8/2014

    There is no argument that automation can be very expensive and that we have a fiduciary responsibility to our clients to provide the most economical solution possible. Every output, every input, every facet of your automation design will cost you something. There are no free rides, not even for us. But in our zest for cost savings, in our endless quest to make bricks without straw, we can quite easily short change ourselves.

  5. JICA Assisted Guwahati Water Supply Project 9/24/2021

    The water system for Guwahati, the largest city in the northeastern region of India, was originally built to harness the Brahmaputra River with a gravity-based distribution system. Unregulated development led to water supply problems, as well as high water pressure in 60% of the system. To improve water distribution and the quality of life for residents, NJS Engineers India was tasked with constructing or upgrading water infrastructure throughout the city, including 36 kilometers of transmission mains, 1,155 kilometers of distribution pipes, 1.42 million service connections, a treatment plant, pumping stations, and other infrastructure. Due to the size of the project, NJS needed to combine design, construction management, and hydraulic models into a single platform.

  6. Water 4.0 And The Wastewater Cycle 9/4/2018

    While it may be premature to claim wastewater management’s arrival in the digital age, we can herald the eventuality, chart the progress, and examine potential implications.

  7. The High Stakes Of Smart Water: $1 Trillion And 1.8 Billion People 4/21/2015

    Making the business case for smart water networks and advanced metering infrastructure

  8. The Future Of AI Is Looming 7/8/2025

    When people talk about artificial intelligence, they tend to sort into four camps — doomers, gloomers, bloomers, and zoomers. The doomers fear the robot apocalypse. The gloomers worry AI will automate away all the meaningful jobs. The bloomers are optimistic about AI innovation but want to take a measured approach with guardrails as the technology develops. And the zoomers? They’re already deep into it and want minimal regulation to accelerate progress. But I’d like to add a fifth mindset to the mix: the loomers.

  9. The Transcend Design Generator Is Secretly An Advanced Data Analytics Software Package 8/9/2022

    The conceptual design output you get from the TDG will inherently have value -- the TDG already saved time and effort in creating the resulting conceptual design compared to traditional design approaches.

  10. TasWater: Saving Oysters With Data 9/26/2018

    At 10am on August 24, 2017, a customer in Midway Point, a small suburb outside of Hobart, Tasmania, reported a sewage spill on his property. Midway Point stands adjacent to Pitt Water Nature Reserve, home to rare birds, butterflies, and the largest oyster lease in Tasmania, covering some 14 hectacres. In late August, Pitt Water oysters, prized for their briny flavor and consistency, were just coming into peak condition.