DENVER, CO, Nov. 20 /CNW/ -
Rutter Inc. (TSX: RUT) is pleased to announce Rutter
Hinz, the Company's engineering and automation arm has been awarded a services contract by the Eldorado Irrigation District (EID) to provide a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA) upgrade for their facilities located in Placerville, California.
"The Placerville facilities are extensive and include a collections system, a canal system, water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants and a power house," said Rick Dmytryshyn, Vice-President, US Business Development. "What this systems upgrade will enable EID to do is improve their ability and flexibility to manage these assets. When the upgrade is completed in the second quarter of 2008, EID personnel will be able to view and operate any part of the system from any location. As well, centralized communications between the sub-systems will enable them to consolidate databases including key performance indicators, centralize further SCADA development and simplify overall systems maintenance." Dmytryshyn added.
"We are extremely pleased that our offices in Denver and San Diego were able to collaborate to provide the knowledge and skill sets EID were expecting in awarding this contract," said Ryan Hinz, President and CEO of Rutter Hinz Inc. "These offices have a solid history in municipal water and wastewater management projects and are key to our overall strategy for greater diversification within the automation industry. Having the right people and experience is what enabled our US team to assemble a very competitive value package that we believe will lead to a long-term working relationship between Rutter Hinz and El Dorado Irrigation District."
Project Technical Details
The project involves the conversion of EID's existing stand-alone SCADA System Wonderware InTouch(TM) applications to redundant Wonderware's Application Server(TM) 3.0 and InTouch(TM) 10.0 for Terminal Services(TM) software. The project will include approximately 3600 screens and 36,000 tags converted to approximately 12,000 IAS objects. Rutter Hinz offices in both Denver and San Diego are Wonderware Archestra certified integrators and have multiple certified personnel available to work on this project.
