Award-Winning Water
Water & Wastes Digest
February 2008
By Grant Van Hemert
A well-planned electrical distribution system and data collection, trending and recording capabilities helped one plant win an award
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Georgia On My Mind
Water & Wastes Digest
July 2007
By Tim Gregorski
The Tussahaw Reservoir and Water Treatment Facility opens to serve a fast growing community and a drought-stricken state
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SCADA on a Consolidated Platform
Water & Wastes Digest
February 2007
By Kody Salem & Christine Lesher
Louisiana city relies on cutting-edge SCADA technology for water treatment facilities
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Operations Optimization
Water & Wastes Digest
October 2006
By Grant McGinnis
JEA bolsters its bottom line using ‘just in time’ water supply
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Encompassing the Advantages of a SCADA System
Water & Wastes Digest
February 2006
By Robert Boardman
SCADA system installed by city of Riverside, Calif. improves operation, maintenance and customer service while also providing rapid response to emergencies
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Set it & Forget it
Water & Wastes Digest
August 2005
By Bob Elliott
Keeping the environment clean is a top priority for the authority. Wastewater is processed biologically, with none of the chemicals that are typically used, and achieves complete nitrogen removal. Specifically, the process removes CBOD, suspended solids, ammonia as nitrogen, nitrates, nitrites and phosphorus.
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The Simple Life
Water & Wastes Digest
September 2004
By Ben Beaudoin
A PDA is able to download data from the datalogging equipment, therefore maintenance personnel can analyze the information and correct problems on site.
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Tennessee Titan
Water & Wastes Digest
February 2004
By J. Kernan Crotty
An overflowing sewer made Springfield an unpleasant and unhealthy place to live, and the city’s overflow prevention program was successful only on a limited basis. The city of Springfield has experienced multiple benefits from the Teletouch wireless telemetry systems.
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Pushing the Envelope
Water & Wastes Digest
January 2004
Steve Whitlock
Imaginative, innovative, and creative accurately describe the attitude Environmental Services Director Richard Hasko instilled into the Utilities Maintenance Department of Delray Beach, Fla.
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Securing Your Water System
Water & Wastes Digest
December 2003
Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Stephen Flannigan, and Jens Nasholm
Governments throughout the world have identified critical infrastructure as potential targets for terrorism. While physical measures have been taken to secure these infrastructures, one area of
concern remaining is the potential attack on the information and process control systems belonging to the critical infrastructure.
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Old School No Longer
Water & Wastes Digest
October 2003
Thomas C. Schwartz
When the country's oldest private boarding school had to upgrade and modernize its wastewater treatment facility, it employed a new and innovative technology to resolve an administrative consent order (ACO) to bring itself into compliance and avoid the possibility of paying hefty fines.
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Wireless Automation Opens Door to New Monitoring Options
Water & Wastes Digest
November 2002
Donala Water and Sanitation serves a large community of upscale homes in suburban Colorado Springs. In 1995, Donala turned to GMS Engineering of Colorado Springs to create a Request for Proposal for a comprehensive radio-based telemetry network that would grow with the rapidly expanding district. From the RFP, a Motorola MOSCAD wireless telemetry system was selected. Once it was installed, the district began to realize benefits from the new technology.
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Controllers: Caribbean Plants Enlist Remote System to Control Operations
Water & Wastes Digest
August 2002
Through experience and in-depth knowledge of its own geographic region, P.A.S. Technologies (PAS) of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been able to identify and recommend affordable control solutions such as the implementation of the Sensaphone SCADA 3000, a product of Phonetics, Inc. of Aston, Pa. For PAS, the Sensaphone unit has achieved more than just customer satisfaction, it has also help the company grow increasingly active in the control solutions industry in the Caribbean.
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SCADA Optimizes Plant Performance
Water Engineering & Management
February 1997
SCADA gives plant operators the tools they need to develop new process strategies and implement new controls, lowering operating costs while improving effluent quality. Overall, SCADA makes it easier to optimize the plant's performance.
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