Benefits of an Automated Water/Waste Water Facility

Comparing the Philippines a few years back up to the present, industrialization and urbanization of most areas is apparent. But despite the advancement of technologies and increasing accessibility to common utilities like water and electricity, we still have a long way to go. One factor that we could improve on is the water quality and availability in selected areas of the country, which is jeopardized by the fact that even if we could now catch up with international technological trends, some places still encounter water shortages and below-standard water quality. One of the main causes of these is how tedious we do our water management.

This is  not only limited to residential water systems but extends up to manufacturing and hospitality industries as well. Boracay Island, for instance, was shut down caused by improper waster water treatment and disposal, was recently reopened after the government’s monumental rehabilitation, imposing stricter rules for waste management, and improved water treatment actions.

Upgrading to an automated water/waste water management facility welcomes a lot of benefits to your business, relieving you of the intricacy of manual data tracking and giving you savings in terms of expenses and hours. Listed below are the importance of automation in water/waste water treatment industry:

Reduced consumption of energy and overall costs

Powering waste water treatment facilities takes a large amount of energy. With automation, when a specific part of the facility should be powered up/down. You can also set it remotely with all the controls accessible in a single platform.

Best use of resources

When it comes to labor and employee resources, automation is absolutely a time-saver. You can reduce or often remove the need for physical manpower in particular areas, freeing them up to focus on more important operational issues.

Reduced waste

By automating our approach, we can make better use of water supply by decreasing waste and consumption. Huge volumes of water are often wasted unnecessarily, but with better data management and wider implementation of automation, this predicament can be altered. We should also keep in mind that water is a limited resource.

Savings on assets using predictive maintenance

As mentioned earlier, water quality could be affected if the facilities are not monitored properly. With  predictive maintenance, you will be alerted on when to schedule the next maintenance activity of your assets. With this, downtime will be decreased and the assets’ life-span will be improved.

Remote monitoring

The best feature of automation is it often comes with remote monitoring. Have that extra set of eyes in an easy-to-use platform, see what’s the status of your facilities, and most importantly, monitor processes even if you are away.

Better data access and keeping

Smart automation gives you access to trending and historical data, and from there, you can refine and modify your process as necessary, identify what works and what doesn’t, and see how patterns emerge in times of varying situations.

Automation may involve a significant initial investment, but considering how it could help you make the most of your assets, resources, manpower, and time, you are not only improving your operation, you are also helping in preserving our precious supply of water.

Read more about Controtek’s Water/Waste Water Automation solution here!