Overview

Goulburn Valley Water (GVW) provides urban water and wastewater services to a population of over 128,000, servicing 57,596 properties in 54 towns and cities from the outskirts of Melbourne in the south to the Murray River in the north. Bulk water supply is principally from the Goulburn/Broken, Murray, Steavenson, Rubicon and Delatite River systems and a number of smaller local streams.

GVW manages an asset base valued at over $811 million, which includes 39 water treatment plants, 26 wastewater management facilities, 317 pumping station, 117 tanks and reservoirs, over 1,700 kilometres of water mains and more than 1,200 kilometres of pressure and gravity sewers.

GVW sought to upgrade their Rushworth Water Treatment Plant PLC system to connect a number of unsupported remote I/O components and implement their current software standards.

Creating operational efficiencies and a platform suited to future expansion, SAGE designed, supplied and commissioned a new Allen Bradley CompactLogix L35E utilising Ethernet flex I/O modules.

Technology

• Citect SCADA
• CompactLogix and Rockwell PLCs
• Ethernet network protocol

Result

• Enhanced efficiency and control of water assets
• Upgrade undertaken under a compressed commissioning schedule to meet demanding project time frame
• System is suitable for future expansion