When it came time to build a SCADA system for the Allenstown Wastewater Treatment Facility, the plant team didn’t have to look far for help.Operator Jeff Backman and plant superintendent Dana Clement set the project in motion. On taking over as superintendent in 2015, Backman kept it on course. “I’ve been replacing our older PLCs with CompactLogix PLCs (Rockwell Automation),” says Backman.“For all the controls I tie in, I try to use Ethernet-ready products. Our instrumentation all communicates over Ethernet. The HMI, the software that runs the plant, we built that all from the ground up.”A homemade SCADA system is
