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City completes Maple Canyon well repairs, council considers $49,600 SCADA upgrade
Summary
Public works reported a completed well renovation with a new pump, generator and electrical upgrades; staff recommended a $49,600 investment to upgrade SCADA telemetry, remote control and cloud backup for improved reliability and emergency response.
Woodland Hills public works staff told the council on Tuesday that the city’s recently refurbished well is operating on a new pump and automatic generator and that substantial electrical and housekeeping work made the facility safer and more maintainable.
Public works staff described extensive cleanup of electrical wiring and control panels, replacement or rehabilitation of the pump, installation of a new generator with an automatic transfer switch and a 1,000‑gallon double‑walled diesel tank, and completion of hazard‑mitigation measures and railings. Staff said the work came in under the council’s original project budget after removing a road‑paving scope from the contractor package and handling paving in‑house; the total project cost reported was approximately $950,000 with $180,000 of ARPA funds applied, leaving about $775,000 from the city budget.
Public works asked the council to approve an additional SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) upgrade priced at $49,600. Staff explained the proposed upgrade would bring full remote visualization and control of the well and booster stations into the city office and onto staff mobile devices, replace legacy DOS‑era interfaces, and provide offsite backup of PLC programs so the city retains copies of critical control logic. Staff and councilors said cloud or local backups of PLC programs are essential for business continuity and emergency response, and that remote control would reduce the need for staff to travel to the well at night.
Council members asked about ownership and backup of PLC programs; public works said the city would secure program copies and requested that the vendor provide both hosted telemetry services and program transfer to city ownership. The council did not take a funding vote at the meeting; staff said the expenditure would be covered within the previously approved well project budget and asked for formal council endorsement at the next meeting.
Public works also reported the city’s wildland crew is deployed on the Monroe Fire and that staff are monitoring water and wildfire operations.
