Key takeaways
- Where SCADA runs on landlines, a second, wireless alarm path is the backup when power or communications fail.
- RACO site visits and signal checks before rollout de-risked a county-wide deployment.
- A system that proves itself early gets extended: here, from wastewater to a landfill.
The challenge
One outage, two failures and a spill
A power outage at a Manhattan Beach pump station, combined with equipment and communication failures in the SCADA system, caused the largest wastewater spill in a decade.
The solution
Wireless backup alarms at every station
RACO visited the key pump stations, checked signal strength, trained staff and sent test units. All 53 stations now run AlarmAgent as alarm backup, watched by a county field office.
The results
Proven on day one
Hours after install, a pump station on Pacific Highway #1 lost power and took SCADA down with it. AlarmAgent alerted the team, who watched the site until power came back. The Districts then added AlarmAgent at one of the largest landfills in the country.
