BOR - LCB DAMS ICS (Lower Colorado Basin Dams Industrial Control Systems)
Investment ID: 010-000000294
Overview
Program Title
BOR - LCB DAMS ICS (Lower Colorado Basin Dams Industrial Control Systems)
Description
LCB Dams ICS has 3 components: HVRSCADA system ctrls delivery of water and electric power facilities at Hoover, Parker and Davis Dams; HWWMS operates and monitors the water supply and wastewater systems at Hoover Dam; and Electronic Access Crtl Surveillance. This investment was initiated in 2002 and is managed by Water and Power Ops.
Type of Program
Major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
LC Region projects along the lower Colorado River deliver 7.5 million acre-feet (MAF) of water to users in Arizona, California, and Nevada, and 1.5 MAF to Mexico. The water helps irrigate more than 2.5 million acres of land and meet the domestic needs of more than 23 million people. Hydroelectric power plants at Hoover, Davis and Parker Dams typically generate about six billion kilowatt hours of clean, non-polluting hydroelectric power each year. The investment provides effective operation at these facilities to deliver Colorado River water and hydroelectric to our customers reliably and at a reasonable cost. HVRSCADA's automated power plant operations provide an efficient means of generating electricity to the power grid for real-time power demands. It also reduces the plant operations FTE cost by $1.134 million per year. Recent HVRSCADA software improvements have yielded an 8% increase in the amount of electricity produced for a given amount of water passing through the plant. The HWWMS provides the capability to monitor and operate the potable water and sewage treatment at Hoover Dam without manning the facilities 24 hours per day, saving 3 FTE positions at an annual cost of $300K.