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title: Perceptive Controls Application Brief Offer
description: This application brief shows how a new cloud-based SCADA system was designed to meet the needs of smaller water and wastewater treatment plant operators.
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## Application Brief: Perceptive Controls

### A new cloud-based SCADA system designed for the water and wastewater industries

![Remote and rural areas can be a problem for smaller water/wastewater treatment districts](https://info.opto22.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stock%20images/Rolling%20hills%20of%20The%20Palouse%20in%20western%20Washington%2c%20USA%2c%20with%20two%20silos%20surrounded%20by%20fields%20of%20green%20wheat%2c%20on%20a%20sunny%20evening%20in%20spring.jpeg?width=300&name=Rolling%20hills%20of%20The%20Palouse%20in%20western%20Washington%2c%20USA%2c%20with%20two%20silos%20surrounded%20by%20fields%20of%20green%20wheat%2c%20on%20a%20sunny%20evening%20in%20spring.jpeg "Remote and rural areas can be a problem for smaller water/wastewater treatment districts")Smaller water and wastewater treatment districts often have difficulty funding the SCADA systems they need to monitor operations. And remote and rural equipment sites can be difficult to connect. Wireless communication can fail due to terrain, while cellular communication may be cost-prohibitive.

Recognizing the needs of smaller water and wastewater treatment plant operators, systems integrator Perceptive Controls decided to develop a cloud-based SCADA system to reduce costs and provide operators with the data they need.

This **application brief** covers:

- Problems and solutions encountered while building the system
- New ways to keep data usage below a cellular provider's limitations
- Getting data from both new and legacy assets

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