Real-Time, Remote Monitoring Offers Potential Benefits to Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Plants

摘要

Unlike most centralized wastewater treatment plants, decentralized plants typically operate for long periods without onsite staff. Without staff supervision or remote monitoring of critical performance data, operational failures can go undetected for significant periods. Real-time sensors connected to a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system or equivalent telemetry system can transmit critical performance and operational information to a remote operational center. This setup enables operations or management staff at the remote location to assess the operating status and performance of a facility and to respond to upsets, process or mechanical failures, or other nonroutine situations.