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Go with the flow!
Choose an ENCOM industrial wireless network as the communications backbone for your water and wastewater management needs.
Large-scale water and wastewater systems can use hundreds of remote sites, and varying brands of Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), while servicing areas that encompass hundreds of thousands of square kilometres in both rural and urban areas. Clearly, reliability and flexibility are imperative in tying together the disparate components of these wide-ranging systems.
And since these are essential services for customers who could number into the millions — the government of Canada recently ranked water among the country’s top three critical infrastructures — commitment is not to be taken lightly.
Wireless technology has become the worldwide standard in communications. ENCOM’s wireless networks enjoy a bulletproof reputation for seamless, error-free connectivity in the most harsh, challenging environments — and provide the perfect backbone for projects in the water and wastewater industry.
The dedicated nature of ENCOM’s communications network means guaranteed peace of mind in emergency scenarios for our customers, unlike those who rely on public cellular or wired networks in times of trouble. Avoid disastrous results — such as unexpected flooding, or the pumping of fresh sewage back into a lake without proper filtration — with a dedicated wireless network that will relay the critical information when it’s needed.
Smooth, simple deployment is a distinct ENCOM advantage. Because our radios operate on licence-free frequency bands (900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 4.9 GHz, 5.2 GHz, 5.3 GHz and 5.8 GHz), they can be positioned and repositioned, at will, at critical positions throughout your water/wastewater project without government red tape.
Why choose an ENCOM solution?
The advantage of ENCOM wireless solutions for water and wastewater management:
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA): ENCOM’s 5200 Series of serial radios provides instant, reliable connectivity in water and wastewater systems, providing real-time monitoring and control of important data such as flow, pressure, and usage. The robust, steady and reputable point-to-multipoint interconnection of ENCOM’s serial radios, which are protocol ready for various brands of RTUs and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), ensures harmonious activity in the area of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) — delivering water resources; controlling water reserves and flow rates; monitoring lift-and-pump stations, storage tanks, reservoirs and chemical additives; and providing early flood warnings.
Video surveillance: The government of Canada now considers water among this country’s top three critical infrastructures, and water and waste associations are on alert for possible terrorism or vandalism. ENCOM’s 5.8 GHz, license-free broadband radios make video monitoring an extremely powerful security tool. ENCOM COMMPAK BB 58 radios provide a 54 Mbps data transfer rate in a point-to-multi-point scenario, enabling video cameras with pan tilt zoom control (PTZ) to transmit crisp, fluid video images using minimal bandwidth. The result is 24/7 security at unmanned lift stations and remote sites.
Monitoring and control: ENCOM’s 5200 Series serial radios provide the critical link for instantaneous exchange of data in the areas of chemical monitoring and control, tank levels, lift station monitoring and control, and water flow control.
Mesh networking: These networks provide an extremely secure, reliable and flexible form of communication for the relay of work orders, e-mails, blueprints and emergency action plans from control centres to mobile employees.
Adaptable serial radios: ENCOM’s 5200 Series of robust, steady and reputable point-to-multipoint serial radios is extremely versatile. Accepting any of the known protocols among Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), these units ensure smooth SCADA, pump off control, valve control and instantaneous monitoring of tank levels.
What's in it for me?
The key benefits of an ENCOM wireless solution for our water and waste water management customers:
DEPLOY EASILY, EXPAND RAPIDLY
Smooth, simple deployment is a distinct ENCOM advantage. Because our radios operate on license-free frequency bands, they can be positioned and repositioned without licenses or expensive engineering.
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Each ENCOM radio can act as master, remote or repeater, boosting the size and power of your wireless network.
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Mesh networking capabilities provide an extremely secure, reliable and flexible form of communication for the relay of critical information.
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Systems are easy to install, and receive ENCOM’s unwavering support and accurate system design through products such as the EP6500 Site Survey Kit, and the Broadband Site Survey Kit. ENCOM engineers will work with you to determine the optimal approach for your situation.
ENJOY ROBUST, RELIABLE PERFORMANCE
ENCOM’s products were built to shine in even the harshest environmental, topographical and radio-frequency environments imaginable. Dense foliage, building obstruction, high rainfall and snowfall, and extremes in elevation and temperature present no problems for ENCOM’s hardy product lines.
SAVE YOUR TIME AND YOUR MONEY
ENCOM’s wireless communications systems are far more economical than any hard-wired rivals. According to recent traffic industry studies, trenched copper cable costs as much as 10 times as wireless technology. Buried fiber optic cable can be 15 times as expensive.
MAXIMIZE YOUR PREVIOUS INVESTMENT
ENCOM’s systems integrate with your current network, so your legacy equipment can work within a state-of-the-art wireless system. Your broadband Ethernet-based, future-minded wireless system instantly boosts data rate, efficiency and capability, and facilitates growth, expansion and modernization.
MULTITASK WITHOUT COMPROMISE
ENCOM’s COMMPAK BB units combine the latest in wireless networking technology and advanced network design to allow low-latency communications with multiple data-streams and protocols, and offering the possibility of crisp, fluid CCTV video with PTZ (pan tilt zoom) cameras.
ELIMINATE LEASING FEES AND SUBSTANDARD EQUIPMENT
When you choose a dedicated, wireless system, you eliminate antiquated, unreliable phone-circuit connections, and best of all, no more leased-line bills.
WORK WITH A GREAT PARTNER
ENCOM views its clients as long-term partners, putting an emphasis on service. We take a hands-on approach to your needs — from helping to design your wireless network, performing a terrain analysis, and ensuring radio path viability, to taking every step to maximize your investment now and in the future by considering system expansion, enhancement and modernization.
BE PROTECTED BY SUPERIOR WARRANTIES
Five-year warranties for serial data systems and three-year warranties for broadband systems guarantee you peace of mind and ensure a great return on your investment.
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