OWWA Annual Conference SCADA Reporting Partnering For Successful Implementation and Continued Development in Ontario OWWA Annual Conference Niagara Falls, May 8, 2012

Co-Authors & Acknowledgements Jason Low, Sharmane Propper Eric Tietz – Eric@Thinklearning.com Tim Sutherns Michael O’Meara – York Region Karen McMillan – Township of Centre Wellington Mike Linschoten – Region of Halton

AGENDA The Need Reporting Tool and Approach York Region’s Experience Halton Region’s Experience Centre Wellington’s Experience Plans

NO “R” in SCADA We saw a need in the industry … Reporting requirements often as an afterthought Solutions often developed with significant investment in custom programming or complex model set-up The report “controller”/bottleneck Succession planning Eramosa’s opportunity to give back to the industry

AGENDA The Need Reporting Tool and Approach York Region’s Experience Halton Region’s Experience Centre Wellington’s Experience Plans

Benefits of the Application Open source and web based Designed for the municipal water and wastewater industry Reports are configured rather than programmed Enables all users to configure, view and share reports Report distribution via e-mail and on a schedule Low overhead and start-up costs Very easy to acquire report configuration skills The User Group Approach

e.SCADA.r Partners User Group Service Population > 4 Million People

Anticipated e.SCADA.r Partners This Quarter Service Population an additional > 2 Million People

AGENDA The Need Reporting Tool and Approach York Region’s Experience Halton Region’s Experience Centre Wellington’s Experience Plans

York Region

York Region 90+ Water Facilities with > 150 km Mains WPCPs that discharge to Lake Simcoe, Lake Ontario and local rivers 3200 historian tags 35 local collectors (iFix and Fix32) Centralized Proficy Historian for SCADA data

York Region - Issues Complex tools discourage users Separate SCADA network limits access Data contention between sources High number of tags is confusing for end users

York Region – Why e.SCADA.r Faster than OEM portal Easy to configure/upgrade/migrate Low overhead Directly accesses operational data No client software required Collaborative support Code sharing Genuine interest in product by developer

York Region - Benefits Improved User Experience Increased functionality and data integration No client application to download or install Near real time access to data Customizable Automated report delivery

AGENDA The Need Reporting Tool and Approach York Region’s Experience Halton Region’s Experience Centre Wellington’s Experience Plans

Halton Region Primarily Implemented For Water Three Well based systems Three lake based systems

Halton Region - Issues Historically large and cumbersome reports Ministry of Environment Council Budgeting Research Different reporting for lake & well based systems Time consuming

Halton Region – Implementation Burloak WPP commissioning 2009 = e.SCADA.r pilot Comparison trials versus existing Excel reporting program built trust improved staff participation Initial reports were produced in tandem with existing reports and compared daily for accuracy As confidence built - Ministry of Environment Compliance reports were generated and presented during site inspection

Halton Region – Benefits: Before vs. After Preparatory work for MOE inspection could take weeks Creating parameters and criteria Downloading of data for many parameters time consuming and difficult: UV dose/Transmittance/flows/intensity Review of data very labour intensive prior and during inspection After Review of data much faster and in more detail Regulatory data review graphically Daily reports can be downloaded, saved as PDF documents and sent to MOE inspector prior to inspection Time prior to inspection to gather data if requested Estimated that MOE inspection times cut in half

Halton Region - Benefits 63 staff members currently have access and use the reporting program Less than 20 originally trained The trainees become the trainers

AGENDA The Need Reporting Tool and Approach York Region’s Experience Halton Region’s Experience Centre Wellington’s Experience Plans

Centre Wellington Largest Towns are Fergus and Elora Total Population 26,049 Approximately 407 km2 Numerous Remote Facilities - WAN

Centre Wellington Water System Network Layout

Centre Wellington - Response to Low Chlorine Residual

Centre Wellington Data query Review exact time frame Any related parameters

Detailed data dump for MOE review of issue Next lowest 1.05

Centre Wellington Monthly Summary Excellent review platform with comments captured

AGENDA The Need Reporting Tool and Approach York Region’s Experience Halton Region’s Experience Centre Wellington’s Experience Plans

User Group Seminar 1 Ideas Standard MOE reporting templates/formats Geospatial links, graphic browsing interface Overlapping data from different time periods External data source links LIMS, Rainfall, CMMS, AM systems, Geospatial Manual data entry and Calculated data storage

Release of Version 1.0 Modularized Design Enterprise Application BIRT Reporting Engine – Business Intelligence Reporting Tool Enhanced Web-Based Report Designer Interface

Version 1.0 Planned Add-ons MOE Report Formats External Data Links Manual & Calculated Data Entry/Storage Geospatial Links

SCADA Reporting Questions? dennis.mutti@eramosa.com Partnering For Successful Implementation and Continued Development in Ontario Questions? dennis.mutti@eramosa.com