Presentation Description: High quality data generated by wastewater testing laboratories are critical to ensure compliance, process control, and the success of pretreatment programs. Increasing needs and complexity of wastewater treatment require a high level of efficiency in data generation, data analysis and data-based decision making. At Orange County Sanitation District (OC San), the lab performs more than 100,000 tests per year and generates a large amount of data that support our Operations, Compliance, and Resource Protection divisions. In this technical session, two initiatives will be presented to illustrate how automated data tools are used to improve our lab’s efficiency in reporting and analyzing the large amount of data generated from high frequency (daily) testing. The first relates to automation of microbiological data entry, calculation, and reporting for shoreline beach monitoring. The second relates to development of a data pipeline that automatically plots and summarizes wastewater and solids laboratory testing data in real-time as they are generated. This technical session appeals to an audience interested in learning how to use data tools to drastically improve efficiency in report generation and effective data analysis. Interested audience includes lab staff, process engineers, and others who rely on data-based problem-solving and decision making.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe the values of using automated data tools to improve efficiency.
Upon completion, participants will be able to list examples of data tools and describe specific applications of such tools for problem-solving.
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe the general approaches to developing such tools.
