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Commission hears proposal to convert CAD files and build pared-back SCADA backup

Wisconsin Rapids Utility Commission · January 13, 2026
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Summary

Staff proposed using summer help to convert MicroStation drawings to AutoCAD, perform as-built corrections and begin building a pared-back SCADA operator interface that could run filter-plant functions if the main SCADA fails.

Engineering staff asked the commission to approve summer help to address recurring workflow inefficiencies: repeated manual imports of MicroStation drawings into AutoCAD before edits and a longer-term need to develop backup operator screens for the SCADA system.

Unidentified Speaker 2 explained the immediate task: proactively converting and saving drawings so engineers no longer repeatedly import…

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