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Building a Robust Industrial Ethernet Network In W&WW Treatment Plants

  • August 22, 2014
  • News

By Roger Yue, Antaira Having a redundant Ethernet network is important to W&WW management, because many plants are still legacy, meaning they were either built with a stand-alone station or have a traditional star topology Ethernet network.

2014 ISA WWAC Symposium report

  • August 22, 2014
  • News

The 2014 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls (WWAC) Symposium drew more than 170 attendees, 30 expert speakers and 27 exhibitors to Orlando, Florida, USA in early August.

Automation Lessons Learned at Iron Bridge Water Plant

  • August 18, 2014
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor The Iron Bridge plant was originally built in the 1980s to treat about 5 million gallons of wastewater per day. After several modifications and upgrades, it can now treat and reclaim up to 40 million gallons in that same 24-hour period. The facilities standardized on Siemens controls, drives, power distribution, and Profibus and PROFINET communications network.

Global infrastructure spending will hit $9 trillion annually by 2025

  • August 7, 2014
  • News

Overall, close to $78 trillion is expected to be spent globally between now and 2025 on five industry sectors - extraction, utilities, manufacturing, transport and social.

PcVue SCADA software monitors Industrial Aqueduct of Lake Como

  • July 29, 2014
  • Case Study

Lake Como, in northern Italy, is served by nearly 40 miles (60 KM) of aqueducts. After 30 years of service, the SCADA system was in need of modernization.

Rotork actuators control Sydney's water pressure

  • July 14, 2014
  • Case Study

CVA electric control valve actuators are enabling the Sydney Water Corporation in Australia to control the pressure in the city’s water supply network with greatly increased response and accuracy.

ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium coming up

  • July 10, 2014
  • News

Taking place in August at the Crowne Plaza Orlando-Universal Hotel in Orlando, the 2014 ISA WWAC Symposium is a three-day event that focuses on the challenges associated with automation and instrumentation in the water and wastewater sectors.

Test Equipment Leverages Smart Phones & Cloud Computing

  • June 20, 2014
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor Fluke recently introduced Fluke Connect, a system which allows maintenance technicians to wirelessly transmit measurement data from their test tools to their smart phones. There is a lot of hype about the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing. To date, from what I have seen on the market, Fluke Connect is the most useful, productivity-increasing industry solution based on these technologies.

Early-bird registration for ISA WWAC Symposium extended

  • June 17, 2014
  • News

The deadline for early-bird registration for the 2014 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls (WWAC) Symposium has been extended to 1 July 2014.

Rotork valve actuators keep Thames Water efficient

  • June 3, 2014
  • Case Study

Rotork valve actuators upgrade and automate flow control equipment in many areas of Thames Water’s operations.