Back to Project List
Project 822

Utility Communication Architecture (UCA) for the Integration of Water Utility Computer Systems

$400,000
Completed
Principal Investigator
Terry
Brueck
Research Manager
Kimberly R Garrity
Contractor
EMA, Inc.
Intelligent Water Systems
Utility Management

Abstract

Modifies the electric industry's standard communication protocol (UCA) to allow communication among different automatic control systems within water utilities (such as SCADA, Customer Information Systems, and real-time network models) and systems made by different manufacturers. Research partner: EPRI. Completed in 1999. The Foundation forwarded completed documents to AWWA's UCA Standards Committee.