Each year, Colorado Springs Utility (CSU) water quality assurance teams analyze and process 14,000 samples and 80,000 analytes from eight watersheds, seven finished water treatment facilities, 38 finished water reservoirs, four post-chlorination stations, two wastewater treatment facilities, and over 2700 miles of pipeline. CSU uses AVEVA™ PI System to gather real-time water quality data to proactively monitor water quality, rather than analyzing historical data that may not reflect current water conditions.
“You’re hoping that the operator on the other end is giving you the right number because you are actually making an operational change based on the information.”
David Mora
Environmental Scientist Lead of Water Quality Assurance, Colorado Springs Utilities
Goals
- Deliver faster quality analysis of 14,000 annual samples
- Gain situational awareness of operations
- Integrate disparate information systems
Challenges
- Reliance on SCADA operators
- Multiple unintegrated systems
- Large service area with many assets
Results
- Analysis reporting time decreased from three weeks to fifteen minutes
- Fully integrated systems offers maximum operational visibility
- Reduced overtime by 58%, vehicle usage by 30%, and effluent chlorine costs by 10%
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