The electrical power generation and distribution industries, especially here in the U.S., have a long history in working to improve reliability and security. This history goes back to the establishment of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) in the...
Two weeks from now, July 23-27 2017, will be Emerson's Power & Water Solutions business unit's Ovation Users' Group conference. This year will mark its 30th year. The Ovation Users' Group is managed, guided, and run exclusively by its members, with Emerson's Power...
The malware WannaCry/WannaCrypt has been all over the news recently. Since most of the operator and engineering workstations used in distributed control systems (DCSs) and supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA) are PC-based, the question was...
One only has to do a Google News search on cybersecurity to know it is a key concern for businesses across the globe. In a Water Online article, SCADA Cybersecurity: What Every Water Utility Should Do Now To Prevent An Attack, Emerson's Doug Johnson shares areas of...
Water supply service providers require many measurements to ensure safe, contaminant-free, and high quality water. Some important measurements include pH, Oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), conductivity, temperature, free chlorine, monochloramine, dissolved oxygen...
Pure drinking water ranks among our top, global priorities. Emerson's Ryo Hashimoto, describes the importance of analytical measurements in assuring purity in a Control Engineering Asia article, Pure by Analysis. Ryo highlights the challenges with drinking water in...
Municipalities feel the squeeze between aging facilities and increasing regulatory requirements. Emerson's Greg Schirm, a member of the Power & Water Solutions team, highlights ways they are addressing these conditions. It seems that running a treatment plant or...
An Emerson Exchange 365 post pointed me to an article, Weathering the perfect storm, written by Emerson's Doug Johnson for World Water magazine. The article's synopsis: Advanced automation technologies can help reduce operational costs, improve efficiency, comply with...
At the Water Environment Federation's upcoming Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC 2011), October 15-19 in Los Angeles, Emerson's Doug Johnson will share his thoughts on water and wastewater infrastructure funding, master automation planning, energy...
Magnetic flowmeters (magmeters) are often used in water and wastewater applications due to the conductivity properties of the water. In a Water & Wastewater Asia magazine article, Better flowmeter management with EDDL, Emerson's Jonas Berge describes how...
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