Introduction of «Vodokanal» automated control system

Summary

The experience of introducing and operating an automated system of process control of water distribution and sewage networks of Gorvodokanal of Novosibirsk MUE is presented. The unitization and upgrade of the hardware and software allowed establishing an integrated information data base, integrating silos of data and estimating the efficiency of the entire enterprise. «Vodokanal» automated control software system is a geographical information system of the municipal water and sewage networks linked with the information block of control and operational services, and consists of three blocks (control, analytical and engineering department section) and network map. The use of the software system provided for improving the speed and efficiency of data processing. According to the estimations the operational efficiency of the software users was improved by 10–15%.

Key words

water supply and sewerage networks , automated control system , operation control block , analytical block , map of networks