Built to Scale: Wolfforth Partners with SitePro to Manage City's Growing Water System

The city of Wolfforth, TX has grown rapidly over the last decade. As a matter of fact, it's seen a nearly 39 percent population increase since the most recent census. And with that population surge came a need for a larger, more robust water and wastewater system. 

However, the city found its previous SCADA system was unable to keep up with the infrastructure expansion needed to accommodate the growing community.

"They were just kind of stagnating," said Wolfforth Public Works Director Randy Hall. "And we have a lot of growth on the horizon."

 Set to Scale

That growth includes adding another water treatment plant, an elevated storage tank, a new booster station, and more. 

The city was already using SitePro to perform water quality monitoring on their water wells, so utilizing SitePro to monitor and control its entire water and wastewater systems was a natural transition. 

"We have a lot of expansion and SitePro grows with us," said Hall.

Wolfforth now utilizes SitePro to control and monitor various aspects of its water wells, water storage tanks, treatment plant, and wastewater lift stations. 

"All of the information we need is very apparent," said Hall. "It's very easy to find."

SitePro itself is a no-code platform, so users do not need to know code or hire a developer or engineer to make changes or additions to their software and operations. Rather than waiting days or even weeks to add on a new piece of equipment to monitor and control, users can make those changes with a few simple clicks in just a few seconds. 

"It's basically just another input. Super simple to tie in," said Greg Stout, SitePro Director of Engineering. 

Data-driven Results

SitePro collects new data every few seconds, allowing operators to compare how their facilities have been operating day-to-day, month-to-month, or even year-to-year with historical data. Wolfforth used those data collection capabilities to gain visibility into their well pump usage and efficiency.

"One of the main objectives they had was to ensure that their wells were well-balanced," said SitePro Marketing Manager Kembra Howell.

As the city created new wells to accommodate the growing population, public works operators utilized SitePro to gather data from both the new and existing wells to monitor the drawdown and recovery of each of those wells. 

Operators used SitePro's data and analytics feature, SiteIntel, to compare the level of water within each well, the pump speed in those wells, and the level of conductivity. 

"By measuring those three things and charting them against each other, we were able to show if certain wells were working more efficiently than others," Howell said.

Operators noticed some of the pumps were too big for their particular wells and were creating cavitation and raising the levels of conductivity within the water, and were able to address the issue to optimize the health and conservation of the city's water.

"What they're able to do is balance the demand on each of those wells to its capacity to produce, so you're not overworking any of your wells. You're allowing them to reload and recharge," Howell said.

Peace Of Mind

City water operators have a very important task of minimizing any downtime of their water infrastructure. With SitePro's remote monitoring capabilities, users are able to take a peak into their operations at any time from anywhere. The software will also send alerts directly to a users phone if equipment is not operating as it should. 

And when someone has the critical job of ensuring their community always has safe water available, those features can greatly impact peace of mind.

"It's settling," Hall said. "I can sleep pretty well at night. We get notifications if something's going on and we can jump into action and take care of it."

SitePro is proud to partner with cities like Wolfforth to securely manage their fresh water and wastewater infrastructure.

To learn more about our technology and how to leverage it to protect your water and wastewater systems, give us a call at 806-687-5326.

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