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This Manual of Practice presents the elements of a complete automation design and the standards that govern those elements. The primary focus of the manual is to provide information to help designers of automation systems. However, this same information will be useful for utility managers and operators in understanding what information to expect from designers and how to interpret that information.

Several of the chapters from the 2006 edition of the manual were simply updated to current standards with some additions (e.g., Sensors), while several chapters were significantly shortened (e.g., Process Controllers) where excellent sources of outside materials could be referenced. Other chapters, however, were either added or greatly expanded to reflect technological changes. Chapter 7, Process Control Strategies, represents an update of the 1997 WEF manual titled Automated Process Control Strategies. Chapter 11, Communications and Connectivity, can be considered a tutorial on the topic and presents easy-to-read information about current products and alternatives. Chapter 12, Physical and Cyber Security, presents important topics for the design of any supervisory control and data acquisition system and discusses numerous guidelines from the Department of Homeland Security and others. Chapter 13, Human-Machine Interfaces, presents exciting new concepts in graphical interface design as well as recent International Society of Automation standards for alarming.

Automation is still a maturing component of the water industry. As such, technology improvements are constantly being developed and new applications are frequently being exploited to great benefit.

In addition to the WEF Task Force and Technical Practice Committee Control Group members, reviewers include Raman Saravanane, M.E., Ph.D. (Env. Engg), Grant Van Hemert, P.E., and Dave Weber, P.E.

Authors’ and reviewers’ efforts were supported by the following organizations:

Arthur Engineering, Inc., Elk Grove, California

Automation Consulting & Education, Inc., Tampa, Florida

Black & Veatch, Rancho Cordova, California

Brinjac Engineering Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Brown and Caldwell, Maitland, Florida

Carollo Engineers, Inc., Littleton, Colorado

CH2M HILL, Columbus, Ohio, Redding, California, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada

City of Moberly, Missouri

City of Roseville, California

City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Columbia University, New York, New York

Donohue & Associates, Chesterfield, Missouri, and Sheboygan, Wisconsin

EB ENVIRONMENTAL, Houston, Texas

Ekologix Earth Friendly Solutions Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

EMA Canada, Inc., Oakville, Ontario, Canada,

EMA, Inc., Trevose, Pennsylvania, Sacramento, California, and St. Paul, Minnesota

Endress+Hauser Inc., Greenwood, Indiana

EnviroSim Associates Ltd, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

GHD, Bowie, Maryland

Greeley and Hansen, Chicago, Illinois

Hach, Loveland, Colorado

Hazen and Sawyer, New York, New York

HDR Engineering, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio

HRSD Nansemond Treatment Plant, Suffolk, VirginiaInflection Point Solutions, LLC, Overland Park, Kansas

Johnson Controls, Inc., Westerville Ohio

Lagrange Consulting, Snellville, Georgia

Macon Water Authority, Macon, Georgia

Malcolm Pirnie | ARCADIS U.S., Inc., White Plains, New York and Phoenix, Arizona

modelEAU-Universite Laval, Quebec City, Canada

Parsons Corporation, Pasadena, California

Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry, India

San Jacinto River Authority, Conroe, Texas

Schneider Electric, Knightdale, North Carolina

Severn Trent Environmental Services, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

SoftwareToolbox, Inc., Matthews, North Carolina

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey

Toho Water Authority, Kissimmee, Florida