Town of Erin – Water Resource Recovery Facility
Background
The Town of Erin Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) project involved the construction of a new municipal wastewater treatment plant designed to support the community’s growing infrastructure needs. The project included the development of the complete treatment facility, together with the associated outfall and force main connecting the wastewater collection and treatment systems.
As part of this greenfield development, the facility required a fully integrated electrical, instrumentation, control, and automation system capable of managing critical treatment processes while providing reliable plant-wide monitoring, process control, and operational visibility. Valley Integration was selected to deliver the instrumentation, control panels, PLC programming, HMI development, and SCADA integration for the facility.
Requirement
The new Water Resource Recovery Facility required a robust industrial automation platform capable of supporting multiple treatment processes while maintaining operational reliability and future scalability. The solution needed to provide:
- Centralized PLC-based process automation.
- Plant-wide SCADA monitoring and supervisory control.
- Integrated operator interfaces for local equipment operation.
- Complete instrumentation for accurate process measurement and monitoring.
- Electrical control panels and communication infrastructure.
- Comprehensive testing, commissioning, documentation, and operator training to ensure successful plant start-up.
Project Scope
Valley Integration was responsible for delivering the complete instrumentation and automation package for the facility, including:
- Supply, installation, testing, and commissioning (SITC) of new PLC, mixer, heat tracing, and communication panels.
- Supply and integration of process instrumentation, including dissolved oxygen analyzers, gas detection systems, flowmeters, pressure transmitters, temperature sensors, and level instruments.
- PLC programming, HMI development, and GE iFIX Professional SCADA programming.
- Control panel engineering and system integration.
- Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), commissioning, operator training, and complete project documentation.
Technical Highlights
- Plant-Wide PLC Automation: Engineered and programmed a Rockwell PLC platform to automate critical wastewater treatment processes across the facility.
- Advanced SCADA System: Developed a GE iFIX Professional SCADA application for centralized monitoring, process visualization, alarm management, and supervisory control.
- Industrial Operator Interfaces: Designed FactoryTalk View ME operator interfaces to provide intuitive local equipment monitoring, diagnostics, and operational control.
- Comprehensive Instrumentation Integration: Integrated a wide range of process instruments, including dissolved oxygen analyzers, flowmeters, pressure transmitters, temperature sensors, level transmitters, and gas detection systems, to deliver accurate real-time process data.
- Control Panel Engineering: Designed, supplied, and commissioned PLC, communication, mixer, and heat-tracing control panels to support reliable plant operation.
- Standardized SCADA Development: Implemented Valley Integration’s Standard SCADA Development Framework, ensuring consistent engineering practices, easier maintenance, and long-term scalability.
- Commissioning & Validation: Successfully completed Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), system integration, operator training, and comprehensive documentation for a smooth project handover.
List of Major Supplies
- PLC Platform: Rockwell PLC
- SCADA Platform: GE iFIX Professional
- Operator Interface Terminal (OIT): FactoryTalk View ME
- SCADA Development Standards: Valley Integration Standard SCADA Development Framework
- Instrumentation: Process instrumentation supplied by Valley Integration in accordance with the approved instrument list, including dissolved oxygen analyzers, gas detection systems, flowmeters, pressure transmitters, temperature sensors, and level transmitters.
- Control Panels: PLC Panels, Communication Panels, Mixer Panels, and Heat Tracing Panels.
Result
Valley Integration successfully delivered a fully integrated instrumentation and automation solution for the Town of Erin Water Resource Recovery Facility, providing a reliable control platform for modern municipal wastewater treatment operations. Through the integration of Rockwell PLCs, GE iFIX Professional SCADA, FactoryTalk View ME operator interfaces, advanced process instrumentation, and engineered control panels, the facility now benefits from centralized monitoring, accurate process control, improved operational efficiency, and a scalable automation architecture designed to support long-term municipal infrastructure requirements.