The Kincardine Water Treatment Plant (KWTP) requires a capital upgrade to the dialer alarm system in 2021. The current system is causing issues and staff are concerned about impacts failure could impose and are therefore seeking pre-budget approval from Council to permit replacement now. Staff feel the use of SCADA technology at our sites to monitor operations, collect data and to simplify operations is a necessity. We have several sites that have SCADA technology installed and functioning, however on a remote level. This results in staff having to visit each site to understand how they are functioning and to physically pull data from each site for monitoring and reporting purposes. Integrating the sites advanced with SCADA technology will further support staff and allow our sites and operations to evolve to present methods. The Municipality utilizes DataSoft Solutions for their SCADA services and are requesting Council permit direct purchase through them for the necessary upgrades.