Utility controls that hold up, when the system cannot stop.
SCADA, PLC programming, telemetry, and instrumentation for water and wastewater utilities. Treatment plants, pump stations, storage systems, and compliance reporting engineered for 24/7 public infrastructure.
Three reasons water operations stay more manual than they should.
Operators still manage by rounds and phone calls
Treatment plants, pump stations, lift stations, and tanks all generate useful process data, but many utilities still rely on disconnected HMIs, paper logs, and after-hours call chains. The system is technically automated, but operations are still manual.
Legacy controls raise reliability risk
End-of-life PLCs, unsupported SCADA servers, and brittle telemetry networks fail at the worst time. Water infrastructure serves communities continuously, so the real problem is not modernization itself. It is executing modernization without creating service risk.
Compliance data is harder than it should be
Permit parameters, historian retention, reporting formats, and audit trails all matter, yet many sites still transcribe readings by hand or pull reports from multiple systems. That wastes operator time and weakens confidence in the record.
Three systems we build for water utilities.
Numbers from the utility,
where service continuity depends on control.
Impact usually shows up as fewer manual rounds, cleaner compliance records, and modernization work delivered without service interruptions.
Planning a SCADA upgrade, treatment controls retrofit, or telemetry refresh?
Straight answers.
Yes. We deploy PLC programming, SCADA, telemetry, and cybersecurity architectures for municipal water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, lift stations, storage facilities, and collection and distribution networks. Our designs are aligned with EPA, NPDES, AWWA, and CISA water sector guidance.
Yes. We execute phased migrations — Allen-Bradley PLC-5 and SLC-500 to ControlLogix, legacy Wonderware and iFIX to modern platforms like Ignition and VTScada — in facilities that serve communities 24/7. Each phase is tested, commissioned, and turned over to operators before the next begins.
Cellular (LTE/5G), licensed and unlicensed radio, and satellite. Protocol support for DNP3, Modbus, and industrial Ethernet. We design the communication architecture for reliability in the environments where hardwired connections aren't feasible — pump stations, lift stations, storage tanks, pressure-reducing valves, and remote wells.
OT network segmentation with firewalls and DMZs, secure remote access, vulnerability assessments, and SCADA hardening — aligned with AWWA cybersecurity guidance and CISA recommendations for water sector critical infrastructure. We design architectures that balance operational needs with the reality that water systems are now recognized targets.
Yes. Chlorine residual, turbidity, pH, DO, and other permit parameters are logged automatically from the historian and surfaced in the formats your regulatory reporting requires — not captured on paper log sheets and manually transcribed into spreadsheets.
Hach, Endress+Hauser, Rosemount, YSI, and similar platforms for turbidity, pH, dissolved oxygen, chlorine residual, ORP, conductivity, ammonia, nitrate, and phosphorus. Mag meters, ultrasonic, and Parshall flume flow measurement. Level measurement for tanks, wet wells, and basins — with loop calibration and SCADA integration.
Ready to talk about your system?
Whether it's a SCADA upgrade, a pump station retrofit, or a full treatment plant controls project — tell us about it and we'll figure out the best way to help.