Municipal Water Monitoring

Providing safe and clean drinking water is the task of water works across the United States and the world.  Challenging this mission is the risks of contamination,  breakdowns, and security threats.  Protecting your communities water district  from these risks is important to safeguard your residents.   The Penfold Group understands these needs and has the technology and solutions to help protect these resources.

Plant Access Control

With communities across the country facing budget shortfalls, staffing and maintenance schedules can consequently suffer.   A decreased staffing level can not only increase response times to system breakdowns, but can also increase a facilities risks to vandal or terror risks.   To combat these deficiencies, a proactive approach by the district management is to implement  the latest IP based monitoring technology.  Using industry leading technology, plant monitoring systems can help safeguard your  valves, actuators and other critical infrastructure from external threats.  With real time remote viewing,  motion sensing,  and temperature alerts, a complete IP Installation can provide a comprehensive blanket of security for your plants and communities assets.

Invasive Species Management

Invasive non-native plants and aquatic life have been introduced to the Great Lakes and tributaries either accidentally or on purpose by humans. They evolved in other parts of the world, and are brought to this region without natural enemies such as plant-eating insects and diseases that normally keep their growth in check in their homeland.  These species can prove disastrous to both local indigenous  wildlife and critical water infrastructure.  Throughout the Great Lakes,  Zebra Mussels are a constant concern to power plants, water districts and other industrial users as they can quickly block inlets ports with their accumulations.  By taking a proactive management and monitoring approach,  these invasive populations can be effectively controlled.  The Penfold Group and its Partner  OP Technologies have created permanently monitoring solutions that can provide technicians with quick and safe visual monitoring of your inlet conditions.   By utilizing this technology, you can not only reduce plant downtime from inspections, but increase worker safety by minimizing the the use of diver inspections.   Round the clock and remote access capabilities, and robust industry leading design, The Penfold Group  is your partner in your asset protection.