Local authorities
To remember 
  • Ensure drinking water quality and compliance
  • Prevent equipment failures before they happen
  • Optimize treatment processes for cost efficiency and regulatory compliance

100 %

compliance
with water quality and effluent standards

15 %
Average savings on chemical spend
Reduced operational costs 
by optimizing treatment processes at the lowest cost point

Aquadvanced Plant + eRIS: Compliance and Operational Excellence

Regulatory standards for water quality and effluent compliance continue to tighten, challenging operators to meet requirements while controlling costs. Our advanced tools help utilities adapt quickly and efficiently - ensuring compliance without sacrificing performance.

Turn regulatory pressure into operational advantage

Regulatory standards for water and wastewater treatment quality and effluent compliance continue to tighten, placing increasing pressure on you. Meeting these requirements while maintaining operational efficiency and controlling costs across complex treatment systems is a growing challenge. We help you adapt with confidence by combining advanced operational intelligence with a secure, connected data foundation - so compliance management work becomes proactive, not reactive.

A connected, intelligent approach to compliance

Our approach brings together the Aquadvanced plant and the eRIS Data Hub products to deliver real-time insight, predictive control, and enterprise-wide visibility across water and wastewater treatment operations. By unifying treatment system performance optimization with reliable, accessible data, operators and management teams can respond faster to changing conditions, reduce risk, and sustain compliance over the long term.​

Real-time visibility and predictive control at the plant level

At the treatment plant level, the Aquadvanced plant product supports you with continuous monitoring of treatment processes, assets, energy use, and chemical consumption. Real-time dashboards and smart alarms provide early detection of issues that could impact system performance or compliance, while predictive analytics help anticipate future conditions - enabling more informed, forward-looking operational work and decisions.

Automated and AI-driven optimization of key treatment processes - including aeration, settling, filtration, disinfection, and sludge handling - helps wastewater and water treatment plants maintain tight control of effluent quality while reducing unnecessary energy and chemical use.

A secure data foundation that breaks down silos

This operational intelligence is powered by the eRIS Data Hub product, which securely connects data from control systems, historians, laboratory systems, and enterprise management systems. By eliminating silos, eRIS provides a unified and trusted view of treatment operations—ensuring Aquadvanced plant has timely, high-quality data to drive accurate models, forecasts, and control strategies.

Built with cybersecurity and regulatory requirements in mind, eRIS protects sensitive wastewater and water system data while enabling broader visibility, collaboration, and management oversight across teams.

From reactive compliance to continuous optimization

Together, Aquadvanced plant and eRIS Data Hub enable a shift from reactive compliance management to continuous operational optimization of treatment processes. Predictive maintenance reduces unplanned downtime and extends asset life, while outcome-based system process control stabilizes performance as influent conditions, regulations, and operational constraints evolve.

Multi-plant visibility further supports benchmarking, knowledge sharing, and consistent compliance strategies across multiple treatment plants within a utility.

Faster time to value with a scalable digital ecosystem

For utilities already using eRIS, adopting Aquadvanced plant is faster and more efficient—leveraging existing integrations and data pipelines to accelerate deployment and time to value. The result is a scalable, resilient digital ecosystem designed to support water and wastewater treatment work, meet today’s tighter standards while remaining flexible for what comes next.

Compliance you can sustain

By combining advanced treatment plant intelligence with a secure data backbone, we enable you to stay compliant, control costs, and strengthen operational resilience—without compromising system performance.

 

Contact our experts today to discover how Aquadvanced plant and eRIS can help your water and wastewater treatment systems stay ahead of regulatory requirements and deliver safe, compliant water services.

Frequently Asked Questions

The operations of a water treatment plant are the processes used to treat raw water and produce safe, compliant drinking water. These operations ensure water quality, public health protection, and reliable system performance.

Typical water treatment plant operations include raw water intake and monitoring, coagulation and clarification, filtration, disinfection, chemical optimization, and distribution system management. Modern plants also rely on automation, real-time monitoring, and data analytics to maintain compliance, improve efficiency, and respond quickly to changing conditions.

A treatment plant works by using a series of physical, chemical, and biological processes to clean water so it meets regulatory and environmental standards. Water enters the plant from a source or collection system and moves through treatment stages designed to remove solids, contaminants, and harmful microorganisms.

These stages typically include screening or pretreatment, clarification, filtration or biological treatment, and disinfection. Throughout the process, operators monitor water quality and adjust treatment conditions to ensure consistent performance, regulatory compliance, and safe discharge or distribution. Modern treatment plants use automation and data-driven controls to improve efficiency, reduce energy and chemical use, and respond quickly to changing conditions.

The seven main steps of a water treatment plant describe how raw water is cleaned and prepared for safe drinking:


1. Intake and screening – Raw water is collected from a source and large debris is removed.

2. Coagulation – Chemicals are added to help small particles clump together.

3. Flocculation – Gentle mixing allows particles to form larger, heavier flocs.
4. Sedimentation – Flocs settle out of the water.
5. Filtration – Remaining particles and microorganisms are removed through filters.

6. Disinfection – Pathogens are eliminated using chlorine, ozone, or UV.

7. Storage and distribution – Treated water is stored and delivered to customers.


These steps help ensure drinking water meets health and regulatory standards while remaining safe and reliable.

 


The four main methods of treating water are physical, chemical, biological, and disinfection processes. Each method plays a role in removing contaminants and making water safe to use or drink.

  • Physical treatment removes solids through processes like screening, sedimentation, and filtration.
  • Chemical treatment uses coagulants or oxidants to remove impurities and adjust water quality.
  • Biological treatment relies on microorganisms to break down organic matter (more common in wastewater treatment).
  • Disinfection inactivates harmful pathogens using chlorine, ozone, or ultraviolet (UV) light.