Todd Hanson can observe his community’s entire drinking water system from the SCADA screen in his office at the water treatment plant.
At a glance, he knows if the pumps are running normally, knows the water levels in the three towers and the above-ground reservoir, and can detect when something out of the ordinary is happening and needs attention.
That doesn’t mean he and his team members in Sparta, Wisconsin, are armchair operators. The water utility’s three certified operators make rounds to all the wells and storage structures every morning just to make sure all is shipshape. Meanwhile, a regular upgrade
