System automation comes with its own set of challenges

The key challenges faced by water and wastewater professionals with their critical automation systems are eliminating unplanned downtime caused by failures and quickly and accurately diagnosing problems when they occur. Aside from reverting to time consuming and expensive processes such as manual operation, one of the most challenging areas is dealing with control system failures in SCADA, HMI and Historians. Problems range from unexplained application slowdowns to outright application failures, which often go undetected for some period of time, to PC or server hardware failures. In today’s environment, losing data or re-constructing historian timelines to provide accurate records is a critical part of the regulatory framework.

Maintaining continuous availability while reducing complexity and risk

For many of the water and waste water organisations across the world, Stratus has been an important solution partner as they seek to modernise their infrastructure while navigating the above challenges.

Stratus is the modern, proven and operationally simple choice for water and waste water facilities to deliver a complete always-on system that is cost effective and delivers the efficiencies water and waste water companies demand today.

When combined with virtualisation expertise, operational system knowledge, strong partnerships with leading providers such as Wonderware, GE Digital and Rockwell Automation, and an understanding of the increasing importance of emerging capabilities (such as analytics) driven by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the result is cost-effective deployment, increased efficiency and the returns demanded by today’s economic environment.