Customer Requirements
The challenge for Salisbury City Council was to have a system in place that would efficiently harness and manage systems for rainwater, stormwater, groundwater, recycled water and potable water. Furthermore, 12.1 gigalitres of drinking water per year currently used for industrial and urban irrigation were to be replaced with treated stormwater from the Northern Adelaide Plains aquifer.
Solution
We are providing all the automation equipment across 25 sites, from mag flow meters and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to the supervisory control computer in head office. Siemens automation technology will provide complete visibility of all processes at head office and also greatly reduce maintenance costs in the future due to a remote access functionality for maintenance on each of the 25 sites.
Benefits
Our solution will:
- Reduce maintenance costs due to remote access alarm management with SMS messaging functionality
- Provide an environmentally, econcomically and socially sustainable urban water management system
- Reduce the region's dependence on drinking water for industrial use by 2%
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