Instrumentation & Controls

Instrumentation and Controls Maintenance, Repair, and Upgrades for Water and Wastewater Facilities

Water and wastewater facilities rely on instrumentation and control systems to monitor levels, measure flows, control pumps, and respond to changing conditions. When sensors fail, controls malfunction, or systems go offline, operators lose visibility and control. You’re then left with overflows, service disruptions, and emergency callouts.

Systems Group Inc. provides instrumentation and controls maintenance, repair, and upgrades for lift stations, pump stations, and water treatment facilities. With decades of experience in water and wastewater, we understand how instrumentation and control systems perform in real-world conditions and how to troubleshoot and repair them quickly.

Instrumentation and Controls Maintenance and Repair

We maintain and repair instrumentation and control systems in existing water and wastewater facilities to ensure reliable monitoring, accurate data, and responsive control. 

  • Level sensor troubleshooting, repair, and replacement 
  • Flow meter troubleshooting, repair, and replacement 
  • Pressure sensor and transducer repair and replacement
  • Control panel troubleshooting and component replacement
  • Alarm system troubleshooting and repair 
  • Control logic troubleshooting and adjustments 
  • Routine preventive maintenance to identify and address instrumentation and control issues before failures occur

Instrumentation and Controls Upgrades and Optimization

Instrumentation and control systems in water and wastewater facilities often become outdated and incompatible with modern monitoring systems. When we perform maintenance on a facility, we assess the condition of instrumentation and controls and provide upgrade recommendations to improve reliability, accuracy, and remote monitoring capability.

  • Replacing failed or unreliable level, flow, and pressure sensors
  • Replacing outdated PLCs, relays, and control logic with modern, programmable systems
  • Adding remote monitoring, alarm notification, and data logging
  • Improving notification systems and adding redundancy
  • Improving pump sequencing, reducing cycling, and optimizing lead/lag control
  • Upgrading communication systems, including cellular, radio, or fibre connectivity for remote monitoring and control

Instrumentation and Controls Reliability Matters

Instrumentation and control failures in water and wastewater facilities can result in:

  • Loss of level monitoring, leading to overflows or pump dry-running
  • Loss of pump control, causing service outages or equipment damage
  • Loss of remote monitoring and alarms, delaying response to critical issues
  • Inaccurate data and poor decision-making due to failed or miscalibrated sensors

Proactive instrumentation and control maintenance, along with timely upgrades, reduce the risk of failures, improve operational visibility, and extend equipment life.

Experience Operating the Systems We Build

Systems Group Inc. operates and maintains the majority of the lift stations and pump stations we've built. This gives us direct, long-term feedback on how instrumentation and control systems perform, which sensors and components are reliable, and how to design systems that are maintainable and robust.

That operational experience makes us better at instrumentation and controls troubleshooting than contractors who only build and walk away. We know:

  • Which sensors and control components hold up in harsh wastewater environments
  • How to quickly diagnose instrumentation and control issues and identify root causes
  • What upgrades provide the best return on investment for reliability and monitoring
  • How to coordinate instrumentation and controls repairs without shutting down critical infrastructure

Let's Discuss Your
Instrumentation & Controls Needs

If you're responsible for water and wastewater infrastructure and need reliable instrumentation and controls maintenance, repair and upgrade services, Systems Group Inc. can help.

Contact us to discuss your facility and current instrumentation and controls challenges, and we’ll share how our team can support your system’s reliable, long-term performance.

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Page Summary
  • Contractor providing instrumentation and controls maintenance, repair, and upgrades for lift stations, pump stations, and water treatment facilities.
  • Experienced troubleshooting, repairing and replacing level sensor, flow meter, pressure sensor, control panel, and other instrumental components
  • Operational experience in maintaining the systems we build, allowing for direct feedback on instrumentation and controls performance