Reporting and the availability of data is a historic problem for most water & wastewater organizations. Specifically, it is a challenge to combine data from all the sources staff rely on for daily tasks into unified, useful information and reports. These data sources typically include Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) historians, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), and other applications specific to the water industry.
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Faced with rising performance demands and increased financial constraints, wastewater utilities are leveraging different methods and tools to “do more with less.” This webcast will start with a brief introduction to optimization, including standard definitions of terms, and a summary of concepts. A general context for optimization will be presented for the strategic, tactical, and operational business processes. Methods and practices for operational optimization will be examined in more detail. Harmbetcockmirea . site down Specific, practical examples of operational optimization applied to collection systems and wastewater treatment processes will be demonstrated.
Speakers:
- Cello Vitasovic, Vice Chair, WEF AIT Committee, MWD
- Biju George, Interim Director, Greater Cincinnati Water Works
- Varouj Abkian, Assistant Director, Sanitation, City of Los Angeles
- Michael Sweeney, Deputy Executive Director, Toho Water Authority
- Thomas DeLaura, Eramosa International (Moderator)
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Canadian Infrastructure Report Card
Volume 1: 2012 Municipal Roads and Water Systems
“As the sponsoring organizations for Canada’s first national report card on the state of its municipal infrastructure, we are pleased to present this benchmark study. Following two decades of declining public investment in infrastructure, public and government interest rekindled in the 1990s, as the visible decline of infrastructure underscored the need for new approaches to its funding and management.
Sporting a team of almost 30 riders, Eramosa Engineering participated in the annual MS Bike tour in Niagara, Ontario. The team comprised of Eramosa employees, friends and clients, was able to raise more than $36,000 towards the search for a cure for Multiple Sclerosis.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Idaho National Lab (INL) Industrial Control System (ICS) Advanced Cyber Security Training in Idaho Falls was recently held back in the middle of February. The training provides multiple days of theory mixed with hands on labs in a simulated ICS network environment with one day focused on the red team blue team exercise. The training is meant for anyone who works within the 18 critical infrastructure fields and is meant to raise awareness of cyber security for ICS networks.
The Water Environment Association of Ontario (WEAO) New Professionals Committee and the Ontario Water Works Association (OWWA) Young Professionals Committee are co-sponsoring the “Ontario Utility Management Seminar.” The technical program will be filled with speakers from municipalities with proven results in leveraging technology to optimize utilities. Topics include:
Performance Management- Technology Planning
- Operations Data Management
- Network Design and Security
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Showcasing Water Innovation – Funding Award
At a press conference on December 19, 2011 the City of Guelph announced together with the Province that a number of grants had been obtained by the City as part of the Province’s Showcasing Water Innovation program. One of the projects that received a grant from the Province will be undertaken jointly by the City of Guelph, Municipality of Chatham-Kent and the Township of Centre-Wellington. Eramosa Engineering is pleased to be involved in this initiative, providing project management and technical expertise to the team.
Eramosa Engineering is pleased to announce the launch of our affiliate company in the United States – Eramosa Engineering International Inc. to provide the same services to the municipal sector as Eramosa Engineering currently provides to our key clients in Canada. Initially our intention is to focus on the states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, working together with the local municipalities and local A/E firms that have established relationships in these markets.
Do you have timely, accurate information to guide business and operation decisions? Does your SCADA/control system help you handle business challenges and improve performance?
Join the Water Environment Association of Ontario (WEAO) and the Ontario Water Works Association (OWWA) for a specialty seminar entitled “Leveraging SCADA for Utility Performance Improvement.” Learn how leading municipalities ensure that control systems support their business requirements. The full-day learning event will occur October 6, 2011, at the Toronto Congress Centre.
Eramosa Engineering team member Graham Nasby, along with co-author Matt Phillips from the City Guelph, presented a paper on June 23, 2011 at the ISA’s 6th annual water/wastewater and automatic controls symposium in St. Louis, Missouri. Entitled “Modernization of a Municipal Waterworks with SCADA Standardization: Past, Present and Planning for the Future”, the paper covered the experiences that the city had with developing and implementing a comprehensive SCADA master planning and standardization program over the past several years. The talk was presented in a “how to” format that highlighted specific waterworks projects that Guelph undertook on its road to standardization. Included in the talk were the motivations for standardization, guidance on implementing a standardization program, and an overview of the many benefits that SCADA standardization brings.
After the symposium, we received several requests for copies of the paper. Please feel free to download your copy with these links. Harmbetcockmirea A shortened version of the paper was also published in the May/June 2011 edition of ISA InTech magazine. A link to the article can be found here.
Nasby-Phillips Paper (PDF)
Intech Article (PDF)