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Operational Excellence for Water and Wastewater Utilities
Unify treatment plants, distribution networks, and collection systems with a scalable visualization platform that delivers real-time operational awareness, improves efficiency, and ensures reliable delivery of essential water services.
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Industry Challenges
Water and Wastewater utilities face mounting operational pressures. Clean water delivery and wastewater treatment are fundamental public services that communities depend on every day. Utilities must maintain aging infrastructure while meeting increasingly stringent water quality and environmental regulations. Geographically dispersed assets, rising energy costs, and workforce transitions create operational challenges that traditional approaches struggle to address.
Aging Infrastructure
Aging infrastructure needs modernization without service disruption
Water Quality
Regulatory demands rise for water quality and environmental compliance
Dispersed Assets
Assets span treatment, distribution, and collection systems
Energy Costs
Rising energy costs burden pumping, treatment, and aeration
Service Expectations
Expectations grow for service reliability and transparency
Workforce Gaps
Aging operator populations create knowledge-transfer gaps
Why Traditional Approaches Fail
Traditional SCADA and control systems fall short. Water and wastewater utilities have relied on SCADA systems for decades, but many installations reflect the technology limitations of their era. These systems struggle to provide the mobile access, enterprise integration, and analytical capabilities that modern utility operations require. As regulatory scrutiny increases and workforce demographics shift, these limitations become barriers to operational excellence.
- Operate in silos across treatment plants, pump stations, and networks
- Lack integration between operations, maintenance, and enterprise systems
- Provide limited mobile and remote monitoring capabilities
- Struggle to support modern cybersecurity requirements
- Require extensive customization for each installation
- Offer insufficient analytics for energy optimization and predictive maintenance
Solution Overview
A Unified Platform for Water Utility Operations
GENESIS connects and contextualizes operational data across:
- Water treatment plants and filtration systems
- Distribution networks, storage, and pump stations
- Wastewater collection systems and lift stations
- Wastewater treatment and resource recovery facilities
- Stormwater management and combined systems
- Multi-utility and regional operations
What You Can Achieve
Monitor treatment, distribution, and collection in real time
Improve water quality compliance with proactive alarming
Reduce energy costs through pump optimization and scheduling
Enable remote operations for distributed pump stations
Support regulatory reporting and compliance documentation
Scale from single facilities to regional utility operations
Key Use Cases
- Water treatment plant monitoring and process control
- Distribution system SCADA and pressure management
- Pump station monitoring and energy optimization
- Wastewater treatment and process visualization
- Collection system and lift station management
- Reservoir and dam operations monitoring
- Energy management and demand response
- Mobile workforce and remote operations
Real-World Results
Water District Authorities
Examples include single-purpose governmental entities created specifically to manage water resources, often serving multiple municipalities or unincorporated areas:
- Arvin-Edison Water Storage District - Water storage and distribution remote monitoring
- Cucamonga Valley Water District - Water distribution and wastewater operations
- Loudoun Water - Utility operations, distribution, and wastewater visibility
- Lake Cities MUA - Regional water and wastewater operations
Municipal Utilities
Examples include departments or divisions of city/town government providing water services to their residents:
- Fort Collins Utilities - Municipal water and power network visualization
- Castle Rock Water - Water and wastewater utility monitoring
- City of Cumberland - Municipal utility SCADA and operations
- City of Enid - Municipal water and wastewater operations
- City of Grapevine - Municipal utility monitoring and analytics
- Lubbock Water Utilities - Municipal water utility dispatch
- Lincoln Wastewater System - Wastewater treatment and collection monitoring
National/Regional Utilities
Examples include organizations serving major metropolitan areas, large geographic regions, or entire countries include:
- Scottish Water - National water and wastewater utility operations
- Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Board - Metropolitan water and sewer operations
- SASKI (Turkey) - Water and sewer network operations
- Cork County Council - County water and infrastructure monitoring
Specialized Operations
Examples include operators with a specialized function (not general distribution) or represent smaller standalone operations:
- NYCDEP Reservoirs and Dams - Reservoir, dam, and water supply monitoring
- Keokuk Municipal Water Works - Water treatment and distribution
- Racine Water Utility - Water treatment and network monitoring
Why Choose Mitsubishi Electric
- Built for critical water infrastructure operations
- Supports water quality and environmental compliance
- Multi-protocol connectivity for legacy and modern systems
- Enables secure remote operations for distributed assets
- Scales from single plants to regional utility networks
- Proven across water treatment, distribution, and wastewater
Learn more about how SCADA addresses challenges within the Water and Wastewater industries, in this blog.
Transform Your Water and Wastewater Operations
Improve reliability, optimize efficiency, and ensure compliance across your organization.
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