Entries Tagged SCADA

Anyone can see the main challenge confronting the team at the Craigsville (West Virginia) Public Service District. It’s the red-tinted water that...

Join Brian Steglitz, water treatment services manager, as he offers a tour of Ann Arbor, Michigan’s 50 mgd capacity lime softening plant. Inside the...

The secondary clarifier is a vital part of every wastewater treatment plant. Its health is determined by upstream variables and the mechanical...

I’ve worked in the same plant for 30 years, so I've witnessed the years of “stay out of sight” — meaning be...

Sometimes the Truckee River flows clear.Other times it flows like chocolate milk. The change can take place within minutes. Whatever the river...

When Santa Clara Water and Sewer Utilities in California finally got tired of trying to find parts for its old SCADA system...

Editor’s Note: During February 2015, operator Jeff Kalmes had the opportunity to take his wastewater skills to Bermuda where he worked as...

See how the City of Mebane (N.C.) was able to improve plant process and meet nitrogen and phosphorus limits with increased instrumentation....

If reverse osmosis systems were nationally ranked like college sports teams, California’s South Coast Water District (SCWD) might be Number 1.The reverse...

If Caryl Ann Giles and her team act like they’ve grown up with the Spring Hill Water System, it’s because they have.“I...

The hilly terrain and rural character of Washington County in far southwest Virginia can be deceiving. Beneath the ground runs a 900-mile-long...

In the nationwide campaign to improve municipal infrastructure, the Middlesex Water Company is pulling its weight. Just last September, the company wrapped...

Operators at the Frank C. Amerson Jr. Water Treatment Plant have found that being proactive reaps rewards. So does providing valuable input...

In some communities, property owners come home from work to find their lawn torn up by the utility department and start searching...