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News
Westin to Sponsor Forum on Climate Change Adaptation
Westin has announced that it will sponsor the inaugural, Climate Change Impacts on Water: An International Adaptation Forum, January 27 to 29 in Washington, D.C.
Westin Adds Rick Rice as Regional Principal Consultant
Rick Rice, former commissioner for City of Chicago, Department of Water Management has joined Westin as Regional Consulting Principal. Mr. Rice brings extensive experience in infrastructure management, planning, finance, and capital improvement program development.
Integrations Streamline Maintenance and Billing
Data is often required to be updated or entered in CMMS, CIS, FIS and GIS all at the same time. Data integration has helped several agencies eliminate redundant data entry, improve data quality, and reduce process time. Link to Azteca Systems’ website to read more.
Why bother with SCADA Master Planning?
The most effective Utilities manage SCADA systems the same way they manage other expensive, mission critical assets. To maintain operations, optimize performance, or simply get their money’s worth, agencies need a clearly-defined strategy and guidance plan for their SCADA/control systems.
Recently, Westin was invited to write an opinion piece for AWWA’s Opflow Magazine. The article explores several justifications for SCADA Master Planning including:
- Reduce overruns and rework;
- Understand and manage risks;
- Access operations data for planning and decision making; and
- Improve performance across the enterprise.
You can read the full article online (login required) or look for the Automation Works column in your June ’09 issue.
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Performance Management Best Practices
A key aspect of improving performance is tracking information about service levels and associated costs. If this were simple, however, everyone would do it. Rather, many utility managers are:
- Annoyed that key data from their systems is difficult to access and that data from different systems conflicts;
- Frustrated that key decisions are made without timely or accurate performance-based information;
- Unable to measure or trend progress toward desired goals;
- Lacking proper reporting tools to effectively communicate with Board or Council members, regulators, rate payers and utility staff.
As a service to the water industry Westin is pleased to provide this overview of best practices for implementing an effective, performance-based management program.
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