The Morning Dr. Water Facility is a crucial part of the City of Schertz water system. The configuration of the site is two booster pumps, a ground storage tank and an elevated storage tank located nearby to the East. Currently, the controls and SCADA integration for the site are antiquated and no longer meet the needs of the Water Utilities Department for reliable and efficient operation. Many critical components such as the main controller of the site, the Programable Logic Controller (PLC) that automatically maintains the level in the elevated storage tank, the ground storage tank, pumps and communication to the SCADA system do not support modern security and operation standards. It also lacks any additional capacity to capture any additional data that is necessary to improve the operation and resiliency of the facility, including the status and operation of the new backup generator system. Over time, many of the functions of the site have failed or have been relegated to manual reading and recording of their statuses. Some of these include flow meter readings, motor faults, power failures, run times and pressure plane monitoring. Communications to and from the site are carried out over a legacy radio system that is also aging, considerably slower and lacks the security that modern options have as standard.  
 
The objective of this SCADA & Controls Upgrade project is to correct the deficiencies in the current system at the Morning Dr. Water Facility, improve operational reliability and management efficiency and provide a foundation for future expansion of data collection and control. The proposal from Prime Controls is based off an outline created to account for all necessary functions and data points, including the status of the new automatic transfer switch, generator and future data collection points. 
 
The City solicited Request for Proposals in 2023 for on-call SCADA services and City Council approved a contract with Prime Controls in November 2023. The annual not-to-exceed amount was increased to $150,000, approved separately in Resolution 24-R-89 on August 6, 2024.

To contract with Prime Controls, LP for this phase of the SCADA Upgrade Project.

Having a modern and reliable SCADA system at the Morning Dr. Water Facility will help provide better service to the city as well as providing a means for efficient operation and management.

Approval of this resolution will allow the execution of the contract for the SCADA Upgrades Project at the Morning Dr. Water Facility.

Prime Control's proposal is $69,500, and staff is requesting a total not-to-exceed project amount of $80,000. This project will be paid for using ARPA Funds identified for the SCADA Upgrades Project.

Approval of Resolution 24-R-138.