Guest SCADA Columns

  1. Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Brings More Reliable Water Operations Clearly Into Focus 9/26/2016

    Learn about the advantages and implementation of AMI from experts who are making “smarter water” a reality.

  2. A Flight Simulator For Treatment Facilities: The New Frontier For Modeling Complete Treatment Plant Operations 8/19/2016

    Inconsistent water availability, reduced capital and operational budgets and tightening regulations are posing real challenges for our water conveyance and treatment infrastructure today.

  3. Up Your Energy Efficiency And Save Money In The Process 8/2/2016

    With electricity prices climbing each year and eating up a greater share of companies’ operating expenses, energy efficiency is rightly becoming a top priority for many municipalities and businesses. According to the U.S. EPA, drinking water and wastewater treatment plants account for about 30 to 40 percent of many municipal governments’ total energy consumption.

  4. WWEMA Window: The Basics Of SCADA Troubleshooting 7/15/2016

    Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems are easily classified as one of the greatest data acquisition methods to have ever been invented.

  5. A Better Way To Back Up SCADA 6/6/2016

    Learn how server architecture can automatically back up your whole supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system.

  6. BlueTech Forum Reveals Water Technology Future 5/17/2016

    Technologies which could transform the shape of the water industry of the future will be on show at the fifth BlueTech Forum, to be held in San Francisco.

  7. The Future Is Here — Just Add Utility 5/4/2016

    Water utilities are responsible for one thing above all: supplying safe drinking water to their populations on a daily basis. In light of the recent public health crisis in Flint, MI, utilities have never been under more pressure from the public to perform this service.

  8. Disruption To Growth: Navigating The Sensor Revolution 4/22/2016

    As critical gateways to the Internet of things (IoT), sensors are sure to have a massive social and economic impact globally within the next decade.

  9. Is Water 4.0 The Future? 4/21/2016

    Water 4.0 is a concept that has recently been raised as the “future” of the water industry …possibly. Apart from being a paraphrase of Industry 4.0, the questions have to be asked: What is it, and what does it have to do with the way the water industry operates in its current state?

  10. Smart Networks Smoothing Supply Of Water 4/20/2016

    With increasing and urbanizing population, extreme weather events happening with greater frequency, aging infrastructure and work forces, more demanding customers, and significant revenue constraints, it is becoming increasingly difficult for water utilities to ensure that supply consistently meets demand.