How DC Water Architected Stratus Edge Computing Platforms to Provide Double Redundancy and Reduce System Failover Time by 90%

It’s the vital dual service that virtually all residents of any municipality rely on every day — but that hopefully goes unnoticed: drinking water consumption and wastewater disposal. Water utilities are the foundation of any city or town, but for the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), the challenge is magnified by that fact that it services some of the nation’s most important buildings, including the White House, the Capitol, national museums, and other vital federal buildings.

The centerpiece of those efforts is the 150-acre Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, the largest facility of its kind in the world. It treats an average of nearly 290 million gallons per day — with a peak capacity of nearly 1 billion gallons per day. Thanks to a sophisticated SCADA system operating on Stratus Edge Computing Platform, the agency can achieve the availability goals that its large water system requires. To make this all possible, InSource Solutions, a Digital Transformation company and Stratus distribution partner, facilitated DC Water’s new solution.

SOURCE : STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES