Electrical Equipment for Waterworks Systems

The application of supervisory control equipment and electric pump drive to municipal waterworks systems results not only in greatly improved operation, but also in a reduction in operating costs. Existing waterworks systems may be modernized and many improvements secured by the application of various types of electrical equipment. As an illustration of the benefits which may be obtained, a description is given of the modernization of the waterworks system of the city of Pittsburg, where electric operation of pumps, together with supervisory control, remote metering, and remote indication, are now used.