AWWA IMTECH55818

The Director and Assistant Director of Utilities at the City of Naperville, IL did not have an efficient means to monitor their water and wastewater systems. Both the Director and Assistant Director had offices in the City's Administration building located downtown. However, the City's operator station, which allowed for monitoring and control of their water and wastewater system, was located on the opposite side of town at their Springbrook Wastewater Treatment Plant. This presented a problem for the City because, both the Director and the Assistant Director of Utilities needed to monitor their systems, yet could not do so without driving across town to the Wastewater Treatment Plant. Therefore, the City determined it was necessary to implement certain technologies, which would allow for a more cost and time efficient means to monitor conditions at both the Springbrook Wastewater Treatment Plant and the City's water distribution system and would drastically reduce the amount of time required to distribute real-time operational information to key managers. The City had both an existing LAN, which was utilized by personnel in all departments, and an existing SCADA system in place. Includes figures.