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Industrial automation, SCADA, controls and OT cybersecurity for municipal water and wastewater systems.

Dairy, Metals, and Water Automation: Why Industry-Specific Integration Matters

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Dairy processing, metals manufacturing, and water treatment automation facilities

Industrial automation delivers the greatest value when it is designed around the realities of your process. Industry-specific automation integration aligns control-system design with the operating, regulatory, safety, and reliability demands of each process. A dairy processor, metals manufacturer, and municipal water utility may all rely on PLCs, HMIs, industrial networks, and SCADA, but the requirements … Read more

7 Mistakes You’re Making with Water Sector OT Security (And How to Fix Them)

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Illustration of an operator using a control terminal among water-treatment equipment, stainless steel vessels, and blue piping.

In the world of municipal water and wastewater management, “out of sight, out of mind” used to be the operational mantra. As long as the pumps were running and the effluent met permit standards, the control systems tucked away in the back rooms were doing their jobs. But the landscape has shifted. Today, your Operational … Read more

Ignition vs Legacy SCADA: Which Is Better For Your Municipal Utility?

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Illustration of SCADA process displays and operating trends in a control room overlooking wastewater treatment basins.

For decades, municipal water and wastewater utilities have relied on a handful of heavy hitters in the SCADA world. Names like Wonderware (now AVEVA) and Siemens WinCC have been the standard. These “legacy” systems got the job done, but the landscape of industrial automation is shifting rapidly. As infrastructure ages, municipal managers face an important … Read more

PFAS Treatment Controls and SCADA Readiness Guide

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Illustration of PFAS water-treatment vessels with piping, valves, instrumentation, and a control cabinet.

The landscape of municipal water management is shifting beneath our feet. For decades, “forever chemicals”: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS: have been a background concern. That changed recently when the EPA finalized the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR), setting some of the most stringent enforceable limits in the history of the Safe Drinking … Read more