Eye of the Stormwater SCADA System

Eye of the Stormwater SCADA System

Article by Chris Little

Miami-Dade County Stormwater talks about using non-proprietary software as a more flexible interface to their aging Bristol Babcock system in the article, Eye of the Stormwater SCADA System, by Chris Little

For many years, the Miami-Dade Stormwater Utility has been using Bristol Babcock controllers and HMI software to monitor and control a dozen remote sites across the county. Though stable, the age of the system made it increasing expensive and time consuming to modify tags or graphic displays when needed. Additionally, the system had no Internet Client feature that would allow them to share stormwater information externally with authorized local municipalities and government agencies.

The simple and least costly solution was to adopt a non-proprietary SCADA software that could regularly extract historical data directly from the existing SQL database via a built-in SQL driver. New screens were developed that could be used internally or easily shared with authorized users over the Internet. In this article, Nasif Alshaier describes the new SCADA system as well as the additions he made himself since its installation. These included embedded site maps with custom icons that change according to stormwater levels or rates of change. – Read the entire article.