Renewable Water Resources (ReWa) in Greenville, S.C., operates nine wastewater treatment plants and provides water reclamation to more than 400,000 people in five counties in a 296-square-mile service area.
The agency was an early adopter of data management software and in 2003 installed the Water Information Management Solution (WIMS) from Hach Company at all the treatment plants. While it improved the individual operations by automating and streamlining data entry and making data available locally, it was difficult to share information and maintain consistency across the plants.
As a work-around to get a complete picture, the staff used spreadsheets to collect data from
