Agenda Item Wording:
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Authorization for the City Manager to enter into a sole source contract with Telstar Instruments for upgrades to the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) and Sewer Collections Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system in the amount of $243,329.00 and an appropriation from the Wastewater Treatment Plant fund (431).
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Deadline for Action: 1/18/2022
Submitting Department: Public Works
Contact Name and Phone Number: Click or tap here to enter text.
Brad Crim, WWTP Superintendent, brad.crim@visalia.city, 713-4176
Wyndi Ferguson, Interim Public Works Director, wyndi.ferguson@visalia.city, 713-4323
Department Recommendation:
Authorize the City Manager to enter into a sole source contract with Telstar Instruments for upgrades to the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) and Sewer Collections Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system in the amount of $243,329.00 and appropriate the funds from the Wastewater Treatment Plant fund (431).
Background Discussion:
The SCADA system monitors the operations of the WRF, as well as the collections system lift stations, on a minute-to-minute basis. It is the system that lets staff know when operational equipment has failed. Staff sets the alarm conditions per their expertise and experience, but the SCADA system monitors every aspect of those conditions. If/when a condition occurs that warrants an alarm, the SCADA system will automatically call staff to let them know an alarm exists. Without this system the WRF and Collections operations would need to have staff physically monitoring all parameters for each lift station, pump, tank, or blower on a constant basis in order to operate.
Currently, the WRF and Sewer Collections both have SCADA systems, but they operate using two separate computer systems. Each system is slightly different in what it displays, however, both systems run on the same software. The SCADA system c...
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