Water System UNPLUGS

摘要

The City of Coquitlam sits in the heart of the lower mainland on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada, about 20 minutes from the U.S. border. Its population has more than doubled in the past 20 years. Growing from a handful of homes in the 1970s to more than 9,400 homes and numerous commercial services, the city has become responsible for 500 kilometers of water mains, 400 kilometers of sanitary mains, and 450 kilometers of drainage. Fast-growing municipalities like Coquitlam face challenges not only to replace tired technologies, but to implement appropriate security measures with those technologies. Monitoring facilities through supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and adding remote video surveillance and data logging for security at remote sites are at the forefront of such challenges.