Numbers Replace Sight, Sound, Smell and Intuition at the Water Plants in Louisville, Colorado

The water treatment team in Louisville, Colorado, thrives on reliable lab information and a new SCADA system to make sound operating decisions.

Numbers Replace Sight, Sound, Smell and Intuition at the Water Plants in Louisville, Colorado

The Louisville water treatment plant team includes, from left, Jeff Owens, David Cole and Jocelyn Brink, operators; Greg Venette, chief water plant operator; Nick Owens and Edmond Song, water plant interns; and Steven Daniels, operator. Not pictured: Matt Formandy, Thoa Pham and Glen Sidenberg, operators; and Terrell Phillips, superintendent.

Data increasingly guides water and wastewater treatment operating decisions. Numbers replace sight, sound, smell and dosing-and-retention-time guidance handed down from old-timers. Plants and distribution and collections systems substitute calculations and facts for guesses and gut...

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