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Fig. 6.10 SCADA in the Cluj-Napoca central dispatcher (photo by courtesy of CAS S.A.)
• permanent real-time monitoring of various technological parameters and energy
consumption;
• increased productivity of the pumping stations;
• user assistance in elaborating technical analyses;
• offering valuable information to the decision makers for taking optimal decisions;
• continuous recording of data, e.g. no need for operators to manually take meter
readings;
• remote accessed through an internet connection on the desktop computer, laptop,
smartphone or tablet.
6.5 Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Paradigm
In the urban water services, the most important objective is to have a good and reliable
infrastructure. As many water pipe systems are approaching the end of their lifespan,
municipalities and water companies are facing a complex task: choosing a proper
material for replacement. The same difficult choice also appears when designing
entire new water systems.
Choosing the right water pipes is an extremely important decision, which in Romania early after 1990 was sometimes a game of chance, in the absence of specific
regulations [14], combined with the interests of both material suppliers and (quite
often) senior officials of local government or water system operators.
C. Bacotiu et al.
Fig. 6.10 SCADA in the Cluj-Napoca central dispatcher (photo by courtesy of CAS S.A.)
• permanent real-time monitoring of various technological parameters and energy
consumption;
• increased productivity of the pumping stations;
• user assistance in elaborating technical analyses;
• offering valuable information to the decision makers for taking optimal decisions;
• continuous recording of data, e.g. no need for operators to manually take meter
readings;
• remote accessed through an internet connection on the desktop computer, laptop,
smartphone or tablet.
6.5 Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Paradigm
In the urban water services, the most important objective is to have a good and reliable
infrastructure. As many water pipe systems are approaching the end of their lifespan,
municipalities and water companies are facing a complex task: choosing a proper
material for replacement. The same difficult choice also appears when designing
entire new water systems.
Choosing the right water pipes is an extremely important decision, which in Romania early after 1990 was sometimes a game of chance, in the absence of specific
regulations [14], combined with the interests of both material suppliers and (quite
often) senior officials of local government or water system operators.