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How SCADA Can Help Small Water Treatment Facilities

by

Victor Wong, P.Eng.


and

Gerson Neiva, P.Eng.

SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

Small Communities

Endless Challenges

Remoteness of site Limited financial resources Limited staff Limited access to technology and supplies

Limited access to training

Benefits of SCADA

Long distance monitoring Long distance training Protection against terrorism / vandalism - alarms Data management (operations and engineering) Data management (asset management) Automated operations with real time control

Reduced O&M efforts

and therefore,

Security of water quality Improves management and planning of infrastructure Better preventative maintenance of equipment Reliable service to the community increases confidence in the system

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Without SCADA!!!

Basic SCADA Terminology


SCADA
Supervisory control and data acquisition. A technology that enables a user to collect data from one or more distant facilities and/or send control instructions to those facilities Central terminal unit - in SCADA, the device that acts as the master in the communications network Remote terminal unit - in SCADA, the device that is located away from the central control area and that communicates between the CTU and field devices Human Machine Interface graphical representation of your process or infrastructure

CTU RTU/PLC HMI

Typical Communications Methods


Telephones Dialers Leased lines Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks Cellular (1x, EVDO, GSM) Satellite Radio Licensed Spread spectrum

SCADA System Advantages & Disadvantages


Advantages Current status Historical trends Control Reporting Disadvantages Initial capital investment Training Troubled alarms

SCADA as an Asset
Typical Deterioration Curve for Infrastructure Assets
100%
EXCELLENT

80%
MAINTAIN GOOD

Condition (%)

60%
FAIR

40%
POOR

REHABILITATE

20%
REPLACE VERY POOR

0% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Life Expectancy (%)

Testimonial

Thank you!
Victor Wong, P.Eng. & Gerson Neiva, P.Eng.

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