SCADA and Automation Solutions and Insight For Utility Managers

  1. Digital Water Network Engineering & Asset Management Of Dibrugarh Water Supply Project 9/24/2021

    Situated on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, Dibrugarh is a major city in Assam, India, and an emerging industrial, educational, and health care center in the region. Despite its riverside location, the town has no centralized potable water supply facility for the 25,391 households, home to 167,733 people. Given the unreliable, inequitable water supply and highly compromised water quality, the government initiated a water infrastructure project to ensure adequate distribution and 24x7 access to clean drinking water. The USD 25 million initiative includes engineering, procurement, and construction of a 220-kilometer integrated water network. DTK Hydronet was hired as the engineering consultant and faced coordination and engineering challenges while working with the contractor and utility, as well as addressing non-revenue water (NRW) concerns.

  2. Digital Twin Technology Can Deliver Benefits At Four Levels 10/19/2022

    Thousands of ‘digital twin’ definitions exist, but most only refer to the technology in its most basic form. A digital twin is the assimilation of data and an operational model that helps operators understand how a physical asset, process or system should be performing, and helps to provide insights and predict performance under changing conditions.

  3. WWEMA Window: 3-D Imagery As A Workforce Recruitment Tool 2/25/2022

    Why does our industry not seem to attract both a large number and highly skilled new talent like other industries do? I contend that as an industry we must do everything possible to sell ourselves and the important mission we fulfill, and what better way to do this than to wave the technology flag?

  4. Challenging Aeration Design Standards Results In Lower Cost, Higher Performance 6/20/2022

    By using airflow-based aeration controls, the Brockton, MA wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) was able to reduce energy usage by 23% while producing higher-quality effluent.

  5. Designing An MBBR Plant? Transcend Can Help 3/7/2022

    If you're looking to design and build an MBBR, the Transcend Design Generator has everything needed to design your system and save time.

  6. SWAN Corner: How Artificial Intelligence Can Mitigate Water Workforce Issues 8/9/2021

    The loss of expert know-how, already a problem for years, has been made worse due to the pandemic. A network of expertise, optimized by artificial intelligence, may be the way to get ahead of the problem.

  7. 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.

  8. Digital Adoption Made Easy With The Sentryx™ Water Intelligence Platform & IoT Infrastructure 5/20/2022

    Sentryx is a digital services platform for water utilities to monitor, control, operate, and monetize water distribution networks. It is easy to use with intuitive dashboards and powerful mapping and data visualizations.

  9. Automation 101: Curing Automation Myths 12/15/2015

    Automation is a wonder and a dark art to most of the world. Even companies who have large amounts of automation within their own facilities often have misconceptions about how it works.

  10. How To Right-Size Your Lift Station Without The 6-Month Wait 5/27/2025

    In this part of the Get Pumped Up series, the spotlight is on speed: how utilities can identify and solve lift station inefficiencies without waiting six months for a redesign study.