SCADA and Automation Solutions and Insight For Utility Managers
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Experience The Future Of Process Automation
2/17/2022
Updated with new interactive features, videos, customer stories, and more, the Siemens Virtual Process Automation Solutions Center allows you to walk through the world of process measurement and control solutions – without ever having to move your feet. Hear directly from our experts about up-and-coming trends in industry standards as well as innovative technologies such as web-based process control, digitalization, integration of smart instrumentation, remote monitoring support, and more. Navigate around the room and click on the pop-up boxes to focus on the information that’s most important to you.
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Digital Twins Bring Value To Water Utilities
5/25/2021
Our world is transforming and rapidly becoming digital. Digital twins are abstracting and modeling everything. They improve business processes, reduce risk, optimize operational efficiencies, and enhance decision-making using automation to predict outcomes. Digital twins provide greater context to help solve business challenges by creating relationships and streamlining workflows.
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SBR Is Making A Comeback
4/26/2022
Why should you consider sequence batch reactors for your next wastewater treatment project? Improvements in equipment and technology, especially in aeration devices and computer control systems, have made SBRs a viable choice again.
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SWAN Corner: When It Comes To Digital Twins, AI, And Advanced Algorithms, Don't Forget The Data!
9/21/2021
In the water and wastewater industry today, magazine articles, conference papers, and advertising featuring Big Data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning (AI/ML) are everywhere. While most organizations are still evaluating the various technologies and vendors, the real and achievable benefits are generally accepted.
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The Top 5 Uncertainties Of Utility Master Planning
4/5/2022
When undertaking any new venture or revising a plan of action, it is important first to identify the uncertainties and potential pitfalls. By understanding the potential trouble issues, you can better set realistic goals and manage expectations around project time and budgets, software selection, and design flows.
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5 Lessons From A Climate-Focused CEO Two Years In
2/14/2022
Transcend turned two years old on December 19, 2021! I wanted to share 5 things we learned during the past two years: Clients are realizing substantial value from using design automation software, engineering firms are still slow to adopt, utilities are losing patience, design automation applies far beyond water, and the best team still wins.
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Enabling Engineers With Data Science
12/27/2020
It is important for IT professionals to support the efforts of driving operational excellence to improve quality and safety in production operations.
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City Solves Reliability And Maintenance Problems For WTP Hypo Feeds
8/13/2014
A municipal water quality manager reports replacement of sodium hypochlorite (hypo) vacuum feeder units with a more advanced type at one water treatment plant (WTP) has helped allow for continued reliability for chlorination.
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The Connected Worker: Solving Challenges In Water And Wastewater
11/10/2022
Learn how to improve operator efficiency and speed the right response with this 40-page HMI/SCADA guidebook for water and wastewater.
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Innovative, Collaborative, Inevitable: Furthering The Evolution Of Smart Water In North America
5/9/2018
A Q&A with Gary Wong, chairman of the SWAN North American Alliance