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By Ed Ritchie Welcome to the new era of SCADA, and goodbye to the days of basic supervisory control and data acquisition. Today’s SCADA systems are reaching into most every aspect of a utility’s water distribution and treatment operations, for a true enterprise-wide methodology. And most every stakeholder in the enterprise can benefit if the utility is ready to harness his or her SCADA system’s power. All it takes is the time to investigate, and we’ve looked into some systems that demonstrate the many p...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Data Integration, Resource-Management, SCADA
BOSTON—January 22, 2013—GE’s (NYSE: GE) Measurement & Control business has introduced its new CAP Software UpdateTM and SecurityST ApplianceTM solutions to more effectively protect existing industrial controls systems from ever-changing cybersecurity threats around the world. To keep pace with constantly evolving cyber threats, GE’s new CAP Software Update will support the efforts of critical infrastructure asset owners to more effectively manage their current digital patch levels and anti-virus/host...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: SCADA
By Dan Rafter The city of Fort Wayne, IN, isn’t unlike many other municipalities across the country. It uses a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to track the water that flows from its water utility to its customers. But the data generated by that system is stored in several places, some of which are accessible to some employees but not others. And the raw numbers generated by the municipality’s SCADA system can sometime prove overwhelming. This makes it difficult to interpret and a...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Data Integration, Resource-Management, SCADA
By Ed Ritchie
These are tough times for water resource managers and utility operators. Stricter regulations, aging infrastructure, and an aging workforce are just some of the many challenges plaguing utilities as they struggle to modernize their facilities. But there is some good news, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition)—one of the key technologies for improving performance and controlling costs—now offers more power, more convenience, and more accessibility. The days of SCADA being out of reach financia...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Data Integration, SCADA, Software
By Dan Rafter
It’s not unusual for most water districts today to rely on Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems to control and monitor the way they deliver water to their customers. But for David Lee, director of global business development for Warrendale, PA-based Siemens Water Technologies, this widespread acceptance of SCADA systems doesn’t mean that new developments aren’t taking place in the automation industry. In fact, Lee argues that just the opposite is true. During the last five years, mun...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Data Integration, Resource-Management, SCADA
By Ed Ritchie
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems are evolving so rapidly that many operators are having trouble keeping up. Areas with rapid growth include Ethernet networking, automation, smart phone applications, energy efficiency, and enterprise merging. Each one of those subjects is an entire field within itself. How are water agencies handling the tidal wave of technology? “You should be overwhelmed,” says Kip Edgley, vice president, Automation/Integration, Veolia Water North America, Techn...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Data Integration, Resource-Management, SCADA
By Don Talend
For many municipalities, the decision of whether or not to implement a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system is not really a decision at all. These systems—designed to monitor and control the conditions of remote assets such as pump and lift stations, distribution networks, and treatment plants, while ensuring data integrity, overall system visibility, and security—are becoming vital tools in many cases, for multiple reasons. Population growth, water scarcity, regulatory requirements, ...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Data Integration, SCADA, Technology
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