A Comprehensive City Wide Platform for Accessing Data and Communicating with Security and Water Quality Monitoring Systems

On-line monitoring systems typically consist of a means of measuring basic on-line water quality parameters - often coupled with interpretive algorithms for event detection and classification. These systems facilitate an unprecedented view of the basic water quality anywhere in the network. One deficiency in these systems derives from their widespread geographic deployment. Monitoring site access for instrument verification, data acquisition and other housekeeping and emergency response tasks can become daunting when it is understood that a system may be comprised of tens or even hundred of monitoring nodes. This, combined with the expediency of being able to view the network as a whole makes the need for a hierarchical centralized system of command and control a must. The solution described here consists of communication and data handling software that will give utilities a bi-directional monitoring and control system that integrates the data flow from water quality monitoring points strategically located throughout a water supply network. This gives utility personnel the ability to simultaneously view and minimize response time to critical water quality data anomalies from any Internet browser at any location.