Project Description
Aqua Illinois Water Co
- Danville, Illinois
- Jan. 2000 – Jan 2004
- Remodel/Upgrade
- Hardware:
- Interface:
The water treatment facility added an ion exchange nitrate removal filtration system, and a new raw water intake structures and screens. The project upgraded the existing PLC equipment, operator interface system and integrated the new systems. The existing PLC equipment was installed approximately 10 years earlier with Corsair Controls being the systems integrator. The new PLC equipment uses the latest remote I/O technology and PLC controllers via an extensive ethernet system over a fiber optic communications network. The system consists of fourteen (14) PLC’s including five (5) remote elevated water towers/booster stations located at various locations throughout the city. The entire facility is operated from the control room with both desktop monitors and flat panel touch screens. Also installed for trending and water quality records was an Industrial SQL Server Computer system tied into the control system. Corsair Controls Inc. responsibilities on the project included system design, Operator interface graphic design, manufacturing, supervision of installation, the PLC programming, project coordination with other trades, and complete point by point startup/troubleshooting.