Yokogawa SCADA system selected for water and wastewater monitoring in Bangalore

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) in India has selected Yokogawa India to supply a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for its centralised SCADA monitoring centre.

The company will supply its FAST/TOOLS SCADA software and the STARDOM network-based control system and will have overall responsibility for implementation, including engineering, installation, and commissioning of software and instruments.

The SCADA system will monitor all data from the BWSSB water supply facilities and from all wastewater treatment facilities. These include water treatment plants, pumping stations, reservoirs, and a water supply network that brings water 150km from the Cauvery River to the city of Bangalore.

The system will be introduced to the water supply facilities in May 2015, and its coverage will then be expanded to include the wastewater treatment facilities.

The collected data will help the monitoring centre to optimise the supply of water to the city and improve the operating efficiency of its facilities while the centre is integrated with the billing system.

Yokogawa says that this is the first order it has received from a water municipality in India, and that Japan International Cooperation Agency is funding the project.