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Emerson Wins $1.8 Million Contract for First Water/Wastewater
Industry PlantWeb Installation
Power & Water Solutions Industry Center to Apply Digital
Automation and Control Architecture at New Orange County Advanced Water
Treatment Facility
Emerson Process Management announced
that its Power & Water Solutions industry center, formerly
Westinghouse Process Control, has entered into a contract with the Orange
County Water District (OCWD) to automate a new Advanced Water Treatment
Facility, known as the Groundwater Replenishment (GWR) System, currently
under construction in Fountain Valley, Calif., along the Santa Ana River.
OCWD maintains and manages the groundwater basin, under north and central
Orange County, that supplies more than half of the water used by 2.3
million California residents. The project is a joint effort between OCWD
and the Orange County Sanitation District.
Under the $1.8 million contract, Emerson will apply its PlantWeb® digital
plant architecture at the facility, using the DeltaV
digital automation system and FOUNDATION fieldbus intelligent field device technology for
optimal plant operations. The GWR System, which will use cutting-edge
purification methodologies including microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and
ultraviolet and hydrogen peroxide disinfection, will become one of the
first water/wastewater treatment facilities in the country to incorporate
smart instrumentation and bus technology into its control design.
"Orange County is not only on the cutting edge in its approach to
providing water for its community, it's also a leader in automation,
applying PlantWeb, one of today's most advanced technologies, to help it
operate more efficiently and more cost-effectively," said Doug
Johnson, Sales and Marketing Manager for water solutions from the Power
& Water Solutions center of Emerson Process Management. "We're
looking forward to working with Orange County and finding additional ways
our experience in water and wastewater treatment can help to make this
world-class GWR System water purification plant a success."
System components are scheduled for delivery in three phases, beginning in
mid 2004. Phases will coincide with OCWD's current contracts for treatment
equipment: one installation phase for microfiltration equipment, one for
ultraviolet disinfection equipment and another for the balance of the
plant. Emerson will complete installation in mid-March 2007.
Preventative maintenance and service will play a key role in the new
contract. As part of the PlantWeb architecture, Emerson will install AMS
software, a predictive maintenance package designed to acquire and analyze
information from fieldbus devices. In addition, the contract with OCWD
includes a one-year maintenance agreement renewable over a 10-year period.
Both the AMS software package and the service agreement are aimed at
containing or reducing costs while maintaining the system at peak
performance.
OCWD chose Emerson's PlantWeb design over a combined bid from USFilter and
Honeywell, based on Emerson's expertise and ability to seamlessly
integrate intelligent devices and bus technology into instrumentation and
control system design using the DeltaV system. PlantWeb field-based
architecture is an automation solution that delivers asset management,
process control and management execution through intelligent field
devices, standards and platforms, and integrated modular software.
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