1. Water & Wastewater Data Management
AWPCA 2009 Conference
July 28st, 2009
John Dorner, PE
Hach Company

2. Q: What do you do for
data management? 2

3. A: We use excel! 3

4. Black hole Elements of the old style data management system are:
SCADA/HMII
Black hole
LIMS
Operator log sheets 4

5. Typical black hole looks like this:
Excel…
Reports
Excel…
Reports
SCADA/HMI
Excel…
Analysis
Reports
LIMS
Excel
Reports
Operator log sheets

6. Water & Wastewater Data Management
Water and Wastewater Utilities need to analyze and report on a wide range of data sources including:
Lab (LIMS, outside Labs)
Process (SCADA and historians)
Field (Operator clipboards and log books)
Plant Maintenance (CMMS)
Miscellaneous (USGS, Weather, EPA …)
Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.

7. Sources of data WIMS Other Field Third (30%) party LAB SCADA (30%
20% calculated data
LAB
(30%
SCADA
(15%) 7

8. Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
Typically produces 20% - 40% of the data for the Utility
Sample Scheduling
Sample Login and Tracking (Chain of Custody)
Enter/Verify Results
Report Results (Certificate of analysis)
Instrument Interfacing
QC Analysis
Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.

9. Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) LIMS Vendors
ATL – SampleMaster, Bulldog
Perkin Elmer – Labworks
LabVantage – Sapphire
Several others including Tribal, Labsoft, etc…
Based on the need to log in and track a large number of random samples from multiple sources referencing projects, quotes, purchase orders, promise dates…
Typically $100,000 to $500,000
Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.

10. Affordable LIMS for water utilities
Databases: MS SQL, Oracle, MSDE
Bench sheets
QC package
140 Math Toolbox functions
Data qualifiers
Sample notes
State & federal reporting
Sample scheduling
Interface to OPS
One time reports & invoicing
Custom reports
Chain of custody

11. Affordable LIMS for water utilities
Hach LAB Cal™ LIMS
Based on the need to log in and track a known number of scheduled samples.
Typically $10,000 to $20,000

12. SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition)
Collects data from field devices such as PLC’s/RTU’s
Allows Users to control devices, change set points in PLC’s.
Human Machine Interface (HMI) gives users a real time view of the process
Alarms on real time conditions
Logs data to Historians
Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.

13. SCADA HMI Example Collects data from field devices such as PLC’s/RTU’s
Allows Users to control devices, change set points in PLC’s.
Gives users a real time view of the process
Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.

14. SCADA Vendors GE Fanuc – iFix (formerly Intellution)
Wonderware – InTouch
Rockwell – RsView 32, RsView SE
Systems are usually implemented by System Integrators who program the PLC’s, connect 4-20MA, and design the HMI Screens
Typically $50,000 to $500,000.
Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.

15. Historians Logs Raw Data down to the millisecond from the SCADA system
Offers “open” database for retrieval and analysis.
Official record that cannot be changed.
Buzzwords – SQL, ODBC, OLE DB, Data Compression
Typically comes with the HMI software
Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.

16. Water Information Management
Combining the data from other systems which are typically islands or silos of data
Perform calculations
Produce regulatory and process analysis reports
Ability to export to Excel
Database management systems such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Access… are the better approach
Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.

17. Spreadsheets vs Databases
Spreadsheets have no multiuser ability
Spreadsheets have no audit trail
Difficult to perform calcs with data qualifiers, moving averages, etc…
Databases have an unlimited capacity (analyzing years of data is easy)
Users spend hours copying/reentering data, preparing reports, troubleshooting data
Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.

18. There is no data integrity in a spreadsheet.
Where did this number come from?
Who changed my number?
Why is this number different in this report?
Am I liable for errors in regulatory reports?

19. WIMS Vendors Hach WIMS (formerly OPS SQL) Operator 10
Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.

20. Hach Water Information Management Solution (Hach WIMS)
Accurate Information … Informed Decisions
Accurate, useful information
Dashboards
Other
CMMS
USGS
EPA
Process data
SCADA / Historian
OPC, MODBUS, etc
Dataloggers
Operator logs
Lab Data
LIMS
Benchsheets
Commercial Lab
Field data
Portables
Log sheets
Third Party
Engineering Firms
Compliance & Verification Engine
Calculation Engine
Useable, Actionable,
Reportable, Supportable
Hach WIMS

21. A central, secure repository for data from multiple sources
Reports and charts turn the raw data into information
Accurate Information … Informed Decisions 21

22. Your personalized dashboard…
Provides your KPI’s and commonly used tools.

23. More than 140 water specific functions in the math tool box and look-up tables, CT, waste load allocation…

24. Save Time Typical analyst can spend up to 10 days/month* chasing data.
Who has the relevant data I need?
Has it been verified?
Does it correlate with all the other data
Is everyone here to answer my questions
I need non–traditional information to: optimize, run efficient operations, projects, troubleshoot
*Portland, Maine Data
Scott Firmin 24

25. Improves your process
It’s not just the instrument. It’s the combination of data from instruments and other sources, combined in unique ways, that provides insight
Hach Sonatax can tell you the blanket height. WIMS can show you the relationship between blanket height, clarifier capacity, sludge age, wasting,…
Hach LDO Probes can tell you the aeration basin DO. WIMS can show when you fine bubble aeration has fouled by plotting # BOD removed/KWHr.
Hach 1720E Turbidimeter can tell you the filter turbidity.. WIMS can calculate the possible exceedance applying the EPA confirmation rule of two consecutive 15 minute readings above a threshold. 25

26. Summary Designed to be Easy to Use Powerful Business Information
Data entry forms can be designed to look just like your paper forms.
Templates for regulatory reports such as SWTR, NPDES, DMRs…
Additional reports, forms and graphs can be designed with easy to use wizards
Data at your fingertips
Reports and analysis data is readily available to the people who need it
No more unsecured spread sheets, islands of data, duplicate entries
Everyone has secured access to the data they need
WIMS automatically transfers data from SCADA and LIMS systems
Powerful Business Information
Easily monitor operations with dashboards
Optimize Operations with accurate historical and short term data
Secure, easy access to trusted data
Manage with relevant data by setting up “exception” reports
Accurate regulatory reports 26

27. >2000 water & wastewater plants
Hach Integrated Information Management Waste Water, Drinking Water, Industrial Applications
OPS Systems, now a part of the Hach family, has been helping you manage your data for 30 plus years
>2000 water & wastewater plants
Hach WIMSTM
(Water Information Management SolutionTM )
based on OPS SQL
Accurate Information … Informed Decisions
Data from automated and manual sources
in a central, secure repository providing
easy regulatory and ad hoc reporting,
analysis and monitoring

28. Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
Work orders
Work & cost history
Inventory & purchasing
Labor
Instructions & drawings
Work requests
Resource planning
Asset management
Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.

29. Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) CMMS Vendors
Maximo- IBM
Datastream-
Synergen
Many others including City Works, etc…
Based on the need for sophisticated management reporting and assuming strong technical support staf
Typically $100,000 to multi-million $$$$
Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.

30. Affordable CMMS for water utilities
Work orders
Work & cost history
Inventory & purchasing
Labor
Instructions & drawings

31. Affordable CMMS for water utilities
Hach JOB Cal™
Based on the need to see what needs to be done and keep a record of what is done.
Typically $1,400 to $3,000

32. Hach Integrated Information Management Waste Water, Drinking Water, Industrial Applications
Hach Water Information
Management SolutionTM
(Hach WIMSTM)
Accurate Information … Informed Decisions
Data from automated and manual sources
in a central, secure repository providing
easy regulatory and ad hoc reporting,
analysis and monitoring
Hach Computerized Maintenance
Management Solution
(Hach JOB Cal ®)
Easy to set up… Easy to learn…Easy to use
Maintenance Scheduling and Tracking Solution
Hach Laboratory Data Management Solution
(Hach LAB CalTM LIMS)
Affordable, Effective Lab Data Management
Sample Scheduling and Tracking Solution
Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.
With new interfaces to Hach Instruments: LBOD, pH…

33. Interactive, Color-coded Calendar
A simple calendar easily manipulated
Flexible scheduling of preventative work orders
Track corrective work orders
So what should this look like. An intuitive, color coded calendar is the easiest way to track . You should be able to just drag work orders to the correct day to make changes
Schedule by days, meter, days/meter, # of starts 33

34. Generate Work Orders
Incorporate graphics, detailed instructions, manuals
Print for all or just for specific workers
Add as many details as you need
Use portables for accuracy and flexibility
Work orders should be easily generated and distributed. You can print work orders, but you don’t have to. Many jobs are so simple, you don’t need to kill a tree. Just check on the screen and go do the work. Use portables , reduce data entry, reduce errors, increase data accuracy. For complicated jobs, you can print a work order complete with assignments, inventory, instructions and even CAD drawings.
Details: inventory, costs, vendors, etc

35. Document Your Work Document what you need to: Who What Parts used
Parts cost
Labor hours
You should be able to easily capture the essential information you need but you can should be easily able to record anything you want for future reference. Labor, costs, inventory and any notes you want for the record. This information should be available in a historical database so you can have the data to run your organization they way you want to.

36. Generate Maintenance and Business Reports
Equipment History
Top Ten List
Open work orders
Equipment list
???
You should be able to easily generate helpful reports based on the data you’ve captured. These reports will help you with regulatory compliance, warranty compliance and to help manage your resources.

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Hach has software that addresses 3 different areas: Hach WIMS which is the premier product for easily generating all type of reports (regulatory and business) and allows for easy analysis and use of data.
Hach JOB Cal is designed for the maintenance department not for asset managers and financial analysts. It is an easy to use tool that works the way the maintenance department works.
Hach LAB Cal is a water laboratory information management solution specifically. It is most ideally utilized by municipalities who need to manage their sample schedule. It is not well suited for large commercial labs.