Emergency Upgrades & Ongoing Support
City of Cave Junction
2010s
CSNW employees begin work with City of Cave Junction Water and Wastewater faculties.
2020s
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Emergency retrofit of the water filtration plant main control enclosure.
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Retrofit control devices.
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Implemented main concentration PLC.
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Upgrade to cellular private network communication.
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Rockwell software migration for SCADA system.
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UV system improvements.
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Design of reservoir controls, and well system controls.
Total Investment
$300,000
Challenge
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Water and wastewater systems consisted of aging control systems and equipment.
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Local support was vital, since many of these problems required driving to the facility.
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Sometimes this would include late-night program downloads due to power issues and data loss.
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Plain old telephone systems (POTS) disconnect caused faulted VFDs, and plant generators failing to start.
Solution
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A phased approach based on system priority was instituted to reduce downtime.
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This included an emergency retrofit of the water filtration plant’s main control enclosure, control devices, and private cellular network communications.
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New control strategies to increase operator and system efficiencies.
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Ongoing improvements to the peripheral sites and water/wastewater facilities.
Outcome
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All phases of the project were completed without disruption to the community.
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Projects were delivered on time and on budget.
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CSNW has become the integrator of choice to provide SCADA and support services.
