WASTEWATER MEASUREMENT RESOURCES

• The Proliferation Of Cyber Threats To Water And Wastewater

  The likelihood of a successful cyber attack against the water and wastewater industry is a direct result of a growing threat landscape. Without appropriate cybersecurity in place, anyone with malicious intent could access the network and contaminate or cease the treatment and distribution of water.

• City Of Decatur Implements Siemens SITRANS store IQ For Operational Transparency

  The addition of the Siemens SITRANS store IQ hardware solution and app allowed Decatur immediate access to flow rate, totalizer, and head measurement on all their devices.

• 5 Innovations In Cyber-Water

  Just because water has been around since before the Stone Age doesn’t mean it’s immune to evolution. Here are five ways that water is getting swept up in the future.

• Should You Trash Your Flow Meter?

  Generally speaking, market research reports aren’t terribly exciting reads, but they are at times enlightening. Studies on how specific technologies are being applied can reveal trends for the industries they serve — for example, flow meters in water and wastewater. I recently came across some interesting analysis on the subject, homing in on what they reveal about our corner of the world.

• Simulating A Cure For Brain Drain

  Much has been made of the gap in knowledge to come when the water industry’s aging workforce reaches retirement. With advances in simulation training software capable of getting new employees familiar with plant processes, it may be an analog fear in the digital world.

• The Future Of AI Is Looming

  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.

• A Practical Approach To Using IoT Devices To Support Legacy SCADA Field Systems In The Transition To Internet-Based Industrial Automation Systems

  In the world of industrial automation, the talk is centered around “industrial internet of things” (IIoT). With buzzwords like “Industry 4.0”, “IoT”, “digital twin”, “cloud computing”, “artificial intelligence”, “machine learning”, and “deep learning”, it is difficult for automation engineers and business managers to determine how to implement these new technologies.

• Level Measurement Showdown: Ultrasonic Vs. Radar

   In the level measurement world, there is a rivalry between the two most commonly used measurement instruments: ultrasonic, which uses sound-based measurement, and radar, which uses high-frequency electromagnetic waves to determine distance.

• Greater Regional Resilience Is Created Via Optimization Along With CAPEX And OPEX Savings For Southern Water In The UK

  Optimatics worked with Southern Water and Arcadis to optimize interventions addressing rising groundwater nitrate concentrations, in conjunction with overall hydraulic performance and network resilience.

• City Solves Reliability And Maintenance Problems For WTP Hypo Feeds

  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.