UCA^TM / IEC 61850 for the water industry

AWWA (American Water Works Association) recommends UCA (TM) / IEC 61850 for the water industry " ... In an effort to help water utilities realize significant cost reductions, the AWWA UCA Standards Committee is recommending that the water industry adopt the UCA standard. This is because current monitoring and control systems that are based on proprietary and de facto standard communications protocols require costly custom data-translation and data-mapping components. ..."

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Additional readings:

• Use of the standard IEC 61850 outside the areas of Electrical Utilities

• Computer Talk Ain't Cheap! UCA(TM) Enables
  Integration, Cuts Costs
  Von Sacken, Eric;Riddle, W. Fredrick
  American Water Works Association
  01-Dec-2000
  ISBN: 1583210733
  10 pages
  

• UCA^TM: From Inception to International Standard
  Von Sacken, Eric;Riddle, W. Fredrick
  American Water Works Association
  01-Mar-2000
  20 pages