The symposium committee is pleased to announce the awards for best papers, best presentation and best poster from the recently held 2013 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium. These award winners were selected based on input from symposium attendees and the program committee.
BEST PAPER
1st Taking DeNitrification to the Next Level: An Upgrade of Proven Technology with 21st Century I&C – Jaime A. Alba, CDM Smith
2nd WWTP Operator: The poor cousin? Opportunities for Better Wastewater Plant Control Room Design – David Lee, User Centered Design Services
3rd A Strategic Approach to SCADA Cyber Security: Water and Wastewater Network Architecture and Segmentation – Norman Anderson and Bill Phillips, CH2M HILL
Honorable Mention Smart Water Networks for Operational Efficiency Gains – Brian Heimbigner and Mark Bitto, ABB
BEST PRESENTATION
1st Reinventing the Role of the SCADA Historian: Distributed Redundancy, Centralized Access – Blair Sooley, Trihedral Engineering
2nd Owner Specific SCADA Standards: What They Are and Why Should You Have Them –Emile Richard, Portland Water District (Portland, Maine, USA
3rd Is There an Oversight in UV Reliability? Examining the Critical Role of Reliable Power in UV Disinfection –Grant Van Hemert, Schneider Electric
Honorable Mention Gaining Control of Effluent Residual – Narciso Santiago, EMA
BEST POSTER
1st Designing NFPA 820 Compliant Monitoring Systems for Wastewater Pumping Stations – Tom Ridgik and Greg Yarberry, CH2M HILL
Our 2013 Symposium award winners will be recognized in person at a ceremony that will be held as part of our 2014 symposium on August 5-7, 2014 in Orlando, Florida. The winners will each be presented with a personalized award plaque to recognize their achievement. A news release will also be issued shortly at www.isa.org