Case Study: College Station Water Services achieves lower costs and less downtime with Rockwell Automation

Award-Winning Wastewater Treatment Facility Standardizes System

College Station Water Services faced an aging control and HMI system that offered little real-time data, strained staff, and made troubleshooting difficult across a 24/7 wastewater treatment operation. To modernize its plantwide control and SCADA environment, the utility chose Rockwell Automation and its PlantPAx® process automation system, along with Rockwell Automation services and support.

Rockwell Automation helped CSWS phase in a standardized, integrated solution over four years, adding EtherNet/IP™-based control, remote access, historian tools, VFDs, and alarm management improvements. The upgrade increased average daily water flow from 8.1 million gallons to 11.8 million gallons, reduced downtime by 10%, improved response time by 25%, cut annual energy costs by about $65,000, and lowered spare parts inventory from roughly $250,000 to less than $20,000.

College Station Water Services

Mike Kellogg

SCADA Systems Analyst