Automation in the Water Network for Public Utilities

Modern management of network services requires the latest technologies in areas such as electronics, information technology and measurement and remote diagnostics tools. More specifically, the remote diagnostics is a fundamental tool for automation and the remote management of systems used for public services and for the collection and development of data taken from the field. In fact, it is in this area that operating and environmental conditions are often problematic, when the information is taken from and sent to the supervision centre to be processed and made available. Therefore, the efficiency of an automation and monitoring system is directly linked to how reliable the tools are, such as measurement tools like sensors and transducers. Automation and remote diagnostics also provide considerable transparency of information and communications through the possibility of real-time management of information from the larger utility.