SCADA Systems

Cities throughout our nation have found the convenience and importance of having solid, controlled monitoring and data collection systems on their major utilities.

Numerous cities throughout the Panhandle have begun the process of adding and/or upgrading their systems from previous analog types to more current digital systems.

These digital systems incorporate the monitoring and control of tank levels, pumps (running or not), flow measurements, valves (open and closed) and pressure. With the necessary security measures required by all water providers today, security can be added to the SCADA as well. (The American Water Works Association, or the AWWA, published a workbook for determining the level of security required for your systems.)

OEI has developed minimum standards for all municipal water systems to increase their security. These standards were listed on our web site for several months following the tragedy of 9.11.01. OEI takes water system security very seriously and has teamed up with various SCADA manufacturers to develop more functional system packages for security installation in existing water systems.

We are so serious about the benefits provided by the new SCADA systems that an additional staff engineer has been hired specifically to deliver the expertise required in the design of these systems.