Water and wastewater operators rely on SCADA systems to monitor and track nearly every aspect of their operations – from process treatment to water distribution and collection. In fact, over the last 40-plus years, SCADA systems have grown in functionality from simple on-off operations to highly sophisticated tools that manage large water and wastewater operations.In a nutshell, a SCADA system gathers information about an operation, transfers it back to a central site and displays it in a logical and organized fashion. SCADA systems can be relatively simple – such as a single personal computer coupled to a lab or small
