Empowering Water & Wastewater Systems

Water Supply and Treatment

Ensuring clean and reliable water for municipal and industrial use involves processes like drinking water treatment, industrial water purification, desalination, and management of groundwater and surface water sources. Software Toolbox’s solutions enable these processes by providing off-the-shelf software for secure, scalable communication across diverse systems, enabling protocol translation for proprietary devices, and ensuring seamless data exchange between legacy and modern technologies for real-time decision-making. 

Wastewater Treatment and Management

Handling sewage, stormwater, and industrial effluent safely involves centralized municipal and industrial wastewater treatment solutions and decentralized systems in remote areas that often can be challenging to communicate with. Software Toolbox’s solutions enable these operations with software for remote data collection, aggregation and reporting, simplifying the integration of data into your SCADA and other systems used for real-time monitoring, control, and analysis.

Distribution and Collection Systems

Efficient transportation and management of water and wastewater depend on robust infrastructure, including water distribution networks, sewer and stormwater systems, and pumping stations. Software Toolbox’s solutions support these systems by unifying legacy control system hardware with modern technologies, and cloud platforms for seamless data exchange and real-time decision-making, thereby enhancing operational efficiency and reducing downtime.

Water Quality Monitoring and Compliance

Adhering to stringent and ever evolving regulatory standards necessitates advanced monitoring and control systems. Software Toolbox’s solutions enable secure integration of SCADA and automation systems, delivering essential data from both local and remote sources, along with industry-specific reporting templates to streamline operations and decision-making. The same data can empower your vision of AI-driven analytics and predictive maintenance, providing operators with critical insights to enable decision-making and boost operational efficiency.

Water Reuse and Resource Recovery

Maximizing the value of wastewater through treatment for reuse, biosolids and nutrient recovery, and energy generation is essential for sustainability. Software Toolbox’s solutions help promote these initiatives by delivering software for integration of and reporting on control, integration, monitoring, and optimization systems. We use the same off-the-shelf software products used in other facets of water applications. The commonality of technology use lowers training and support costs.

Smart Water and Digital Transformation

Leveraging IIoT, sensor-based monitoring, cloud and edge computing, and cybersecurity are essential for modern water management. Software Toolbox’s solutions facilitate these advancements by securely integrating real-time data collection, delivering data to historical data stores, enabling AI-driven analytics for predictive maintenance, and reinforcing cybersecurity measures around the data we deliver to protect critical water infrastructure from cyber threats. This ensures resilient, data-driven operations that optimize decision-making and efficiency.

Challenges

Water facilities face challenges with legacy systems, creating data silos between SCADA, MES, ERP, and remote assets. These barriers hinder real-time monitoring, operational continuity, and regulatory compliance, leading to inefficiencies. 

Solution 

Software Toolbox offers solutions to eliminate data silos, optimizing real-time monitoring and compliance. Tools like TOP Server and OmniServer enable seamless integration, improving operations across water systems, remote assets, and industrial protocols. 

Challenges

Limited visibility in water treatment systems makes monitoring and optimization difficult. Poor integration of sensors, controllers, and SCADA platforms delays decision-making and hinders accurate reporting and compliance with standards.

Solution

Software Toolbox offers off-the-shelf solutions for seamless data integration and real-time monitoring in water systems. It supports DNP Secure (SaV5 level) in TOP Server, IEC60870 and 61850 protocols, Symbol Factory for enhanced visualization, and Dream Report for precise, actionable reporting.

Challenges 

Water and wastewater facilities struggle to unify on-premises, edge, and cloud data for real-time insights. Lack of predictive analytics hampers proactive maintenance, increasing downtime, costs, and difficulties in integrating AI-driven insights for treatment plants and distribution networks. 

Solution 

Software Toolbox unifies and optimizes data across systems, using Cogent DataHub for secure real-time data flow and OPC Router for visual workflows. These tools enable real-time insights for water distribution, wastewater treatment, and stormwater management, improving maintenance, efficiency, and compliance.

Challenges 

Critical infrastructure faces increasing cyber threats and compliance risks, requiring secure remote monitoring. Balancing security and operational continuity while integrating AI-driven anomaly detection complicates efforts to shield OT systems from external risks. 

Solution 

Software Toolbox secures infrastructure with real-time data aggregation via Cogent DataHub. It supports secure data integration, using tunnels, DMZ, and MQTT protocols, optimizing monitoring, maintenance, and efficiency in water systems.