PESHAWAR
The provincial minister for local government Faisal Amin Gandapur on Wednesday inaugurated Supervisor Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system and Automatic Water Testing Devices installed on Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) tube-wells.
In an effort to switch towards automation, the company installed first of its kind SCADA system on 46 tube-wells in the province and automatic water quality sensors to check water quality in its first phase.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) WSSP Dr Hassan Nasir said “the project is implemented with financial assistance of UNICEF and technical support from University of Engineering Technology Peshawar (UET) Peshawar at a cost of Rs12.9 million.”
General Manager Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (PMER) Syed Zamirul Hassan, Zonal Manager Anwarul Haq were present on the occasion.
General Manager PMER briefed the minister on the importance and operation of SCADA will enable WSSP automatic switching of tube-wells and get accurate data on electrical and water supply parameters.
He said the data would be saved through GSM or mobile SIM on a website and a monitoring dashboard that helps WSSP measure exact power consumption of each tube-well and quantity of water it pumps into the water supply system.
“WSSP can also ascertain if a tube-well’s water production capacity is increasing or decreasing, enabling the company to devise a long-term plan on the basis of that data in future,” the general manager said. The minister was also briefed on installation of automatic water quality sensors installed on six tube-wells at a cost of Rs5 millions.
The general manager explained that the devices would automatically take samples from water and test its quality. “It will instantly test water samples with less chances of error, save transport cost and timely identification of contamination,” he said.
The minister lauded the company for moving towards automation of its water supply system and said that the system would help the company to improve its services.
