A topic of continual concern for today’s water utility is Pumping Station Energy Efficiency. And to put this subject in laymen’s terms, how better than to relate it to fuel efficiency for the familiar automobile? First, let’s look at the work that each produces — With a car, the unit of work is expressed as a driven “Mile”; whereas in … Read More →
A water utility SCADA system contains a wealth of historical data — data which is often needed for the completion of monthly EPA reports. Historically, these reports are prepared by hand with pen-and-paper — or by manually typing values into a computer form document. However, this article details a vastly-improved, semi-automated method of report generation in which the SCADA system … Read More →