The next Central Texas Section WEAT meeting of the 2025/2026 season will be on January 20, 2026 from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm at Austin Water-Center for Environmental Research, 2210 South FM 973, Austin, Texas 78725
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$30 – includes dinner
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$5 – includes dinner
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Location: Austin Water – Center for Environmental Research (2210 FM973, Austin, TX 78725)
CENTRAL TEXAS WEAT PRESENTS
SCADA Master Planning
Presented By: Nick Claudio, P.E., Freese and Nichols, Inc.
This presentation explains how a SCADA Master Plan gives your utility a clear, long-term roadmap for your control systems. It starts by describing common problems: aging equipment, inconsistent standards, cybersecurity risks, and “firefighting” instead of planned upgrades. From there, it introduces the idea of moving from scattered, project-by-project work to a structured, multi-year program guided by a single master plan.
The story then walks through how the plan is built. First, we perform a Current State Assessment to understand what you have today, what is working, and where the biggest pain points are. Next, we gather input from operations, maintenance, IT, and management to define business and technical requirements. A cybersecurity assessment follows to identify vulnerabilities and needed protections. With this information, we complete a gap analysis, develop alternatives, and group the work into projects. Finally, we build a phased implementation roadmap with budgets, schedules, and responsibilities, and set expectations for ongoing program management.
Nick Claudio, P.E., Freese & Nichols, Inc.
Nick has over 18 years of experience in developing, deploying, and operating SCADA systems for the water and wastewater industry. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Florida Atlantic University and is the I&C Team Manager at Freese and Nichols. Nick has also managed a cloud-based SCADA system with over 1,000 remote sites and played a key role in SCADA Master Planning projects. He was published in the Florida Water Resources Journal for his work on the Mount Pleasant Waterworks SCADA Master Plan.