Conference Papers | 2008 Victorian Conference Papers

AMPLA – TURNING SCADA DATA INTO INFORMATION
Ryan McGowan, Operations IT Co-ordinator, Goulburn Valley Water

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ABSTRACT

Accessing the knowledge hidden in vast quantities of raw data collected from Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems over the years has been difficult. Goulburn Valley Water set out to rectify this situation by installing an appropriate system to store data and provide tools to assist interpretation.

Goulburn Valley Water implemented “Ampla” after an extensive investigation and successful pilot.

The nature of the system allows users to obtain and manipulate historical data, applying their knowledge and experience to turn data into useful information. This presents both operators and management with a new view of their operational assets. It provides greater insight allowing action to be taken to improve the Corporation’s operational effectiveness.

KEYWORDS: - SCADA, Data, Information, Database, History, MES, Reports, Ampla