Going with the flow [Automation Monitoring]

Few responsibilities are greater for a control system than the reliable running of a waterworks, as failure to keep the water flowing for 24 hours a day leads to expensive and awkward workarounds. However, one Danish facility has found a way to enable its personnel to monitor water quantity, pressure drops and salinity directly on their PCs. The works in Ballerup, near Copenhagen, is in the middle of a modernisation programme that will see technicians provided with direct access to large amounts of data that, among other things, will allow them to check for leaks in pipes.