Ovation solutions enable water and wastewater plants to operate smarter, safer, and more efficiently. From process optimization and predictive diagnostics to remote operations, cybersecurity, and energy management, these integrated solutions enhance water quality, reduce energy and chemical usage, and improve reliability and decision-making.
Trusted Automation Partner for Water and Wastewater Utilities
With over 40 years of experience delivering automation solutions for the water and wastewater industry, Emerson supports utilities worldwide with scalable technologies tailored to your needs. In the United States alone, more than 150 Emerson systems - including Ovation™ distributed control systems, SCADA platforms and RTUs - help manage over 12 billion gallons of water per day, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient operations.
Water & Wastewater Plant Automation
Emerson offers system-wide solutions such as Ovation remote SCADA applications, embedded advanced control, predictive maintenance and optimization solutions. With Emerson, you won’t just meet regulations and achieve environmental compliance - you will achieve a cost-effective, district-wide solution that ensures reliable, efficient control today and into the future. Moreover, your control network will be expandable, so you can meet the increasing demand for a clean water supply.
Automating Every Stage of Water Treatment
Emerson’s Ovation control system automates and monitors key water treatment processes including raw water pumping, filtration, sedimentation, disinfection, and chemical dosing. With advanced control for backwash, coagulation, flocculation, and recycling, Ovation helps treatment plants improve water quality, reduce energy and chemical consumption, and enhance operational reliability. Its scalable architecture supports modern water automation needs.
Comprehensive Automation for Wastewater Treatment
Emerson’s Ovation control system supports efficient wastewater treatment by automating critical stages such as primary and secondary treatment, advanced processing, and solids management. It supports chemical storage and dosing, cogeneration, incineration, and combined sewer overflow (CSO) control. Ovation helps facilities improve effluent quality, reduce energy use, and meet environmental compliance with scalable, plant-wide automation.
Case Studies & Whitepapers
At a municipal water treatment plant in the Northeastern United States, Emerson’s Ovation system unified treatment and filtration controls, reducing backwash water and chemical use by 25%, improving EPA reporting with 90% centralized data access, and enhancing reservoir communication. The upgrade eliminated obsolete equipment, boosted operational efficiency, and ensured scalable automation. Lastly, the entire system was delivered within five months.
At a regional wastewater treatment plant in the Western United States, Emerson’s Ovation system modernized aging controls, saving $5 million by retaining existing I/O and cutting $110,000 in training costs. The project finished seven months early and 25% under budget. Ovation’s flexible design supports future SCADA expansion and improved pump station communications. Custom trending tools also help optimize power usage and operational decisions.
A U.S. water authority collaborated with Emerson to automate control of the secondary treatment process at their wastewater treatment facility. The resulting project reduced secondary treatment oxygen usage by 30%, saving $1.01 million annually. Automated flow balancing and oxygen feed controls cut process variability by up to 74%, improving efficiency without new infrastructure. The project demonstrated how advanced automation improves performance, lowers operating costs, and supports compliance.
Proven Control and Monitoring Solutions
Emerson’s Ovation automation platform delivers secure, scalable control and monitoring across critical water and wastewater operations. Explore how our purpose-built solutions help utilities optimize performance, improve reliability, and drive smarter decision-making.
