Case Study: Dept. of Water Resources boosts SCADA efficiency and innovation with Ignition by Inductive Automation

Dept. of Water Resources - Customer Case Study

The City of Lynchburg Department of Water Resources needed a better way to manage water, wastewater, and stormwater operations after struggling with two aging SCADA systems that were hard to maintain, difficult to upgrade, and limited in connectivity to new PLCs. Inductive Automation’s Ignition industrial application platform was selected to provide a more flexible HMI/SCADA foundation and support broader operational and reporting needs.

With Ignition, the Department of Water Resources built 10 active projects and several more in development, including SCADA, maintenance, alarm notification, CSO monitoring, data entry, KPI dashboards, and mobile reporting. Inductive Automation’s solution gave staff real-time visibility from the plant floor to mobile devices, improved response times, reduced manual effort, and enabled faster pump adjustments and better resource allocation, helping the department operate more efficiently and save time and money.

Dept. of Water Resources

Elizabeth Jensen

Plant Shift Supervisor