See Every Sensor.
Catch Every Anomaly.
A mid-size utility operates 5,000-50,000 sensors generating 10-100 million readings per day. Without intelligent processing, that data flood creates alarm fatigue , ISA-18.2 research shows that operators miss 15-20% of actionable alarms when rates exceed 6 alarms per 10-minute window. The result: a transformer overload warning at 2 AM gets lost in a sea of nuisance alarms, and your operators learn about the failure from customer calls instead of SCADA. Argus reshapes that data flood into actionable intelligence with utility-specific dashboards, ISA-18.2-aligned alarm management, and sub-second display latency.
Real-time visibility into your entire infrastructure , electric, water, and gas , from one platform. Not three SCADA systems with three logins and three alarm philosophies, but one unified operational view.
Every Reading Type. One Unified View.
Electric voltage, water pressure, gas concentration , different utilities generate fundamentally different data with different units, different safety thresholds, and different regulatory implications. A chlorine residual dropping below 0.2 mg/L is an EPA SDWA violation requiring public notification within 24 hours. A gas concentration rising above 25 PPM LEL is a life-safety emergency requiring PSAP notification within 3 minutes. A power factor below 0.90 is a billing penalty issue. Argus normalises it all into a unified dashboard while preserving the domain-specific context each utility type demands , correct units, correct thresholds, correct regulatory citations, correct alarm escalation paths.
Electric Grid Monitoring
Voltage, current, real and reactive power, power factor, and system frequency across your entire distribution network , from the transmission delivery point through the substation bus to the last service transformer on the furthest lateral. Transformer loading trends that predict thermal overload 4-6 hours before IEEE C57.91 emergency ratings are exceeded. Capacitor bank switching status and VAR flow that affect your wholesale power factor penalty. Feeder recloser operations that indicate temporary faults before they become permanent outages.
Transformer Overload Warning
Transformer TX-1482 at Substation 14 operating at 94% of rated capacity. Top oil temperature 82 degrees C (alarm at 95 degrees C per IEEE C57.91). At current ambient temperature and load trend, emergency rating will be exceeded in approximately 4.2 hours if load continues rising. Recommended action: transfer 2 MW to adjacent feeder via tie switch or deploy mobile load management.
Water System Monitoring
Pressure, pH, chlorine residual, turbidity, and flow rates across treatment plants, distribution mains, pump stations, and storage facilities , with every compliance-critical parameter flagged against EPA MCLs and treatment technique requirements. When turbidity at the filter effluent trends above 0.15 NTU (filter breakthrough warning threshold), Argus alerts the operator before the 0.3 NTU treatment technique requirement is breached. When chlorine residual at a dead-end main drops below 0.3 mg/L, a flushing work order auto-generates before the 0.2 mg/L minimum triggers a violation.
Turbidity Compliance Status
EPA MCL for turbidity: 1.0 NTU (never to exceed for conventional/direct filtration). Treatment technique: 0.3 NTU in 95% of daily samples. Current reading 0.3 NTU is compliant but approaching the treatment technique threshold , Argus will alert at 0.15 NTU trend rate to give operators 2-4 hours of lead time before a potential exceedance.
Gas System Monitoring
Methane concentration, line pressure, leak detection sensor arrays, cathodic protection rectifier output, and equipment fault monitoring across your entire distribution network. Every threshold is calibrated against PHMSA safety regulations and GPTC recommended practices , not generic alarm defaults. A methane concentration rising above background triggers investigation at 5 PPM; it triggers evacuation protocols at 50,000 PPM (LEL = 5% methane in air). Argus understands the difference between a nuisance alarm and a life-safety event, and it escalates accordingly.
Compressor Station 7
Bearing temperature 12 degrees C above baseline trend. Vibration within ISA limits but rising at 2% per week , consistent with early-stage bearing degradation. Compressor remains operational. Recommended action: schedule bearing inspection within 14 days. If vibration exceeds 3x baseline, initiate controlled shutdown and failover to standby compressor.
Intelligent Alarms. Not Alarm Fatigue.
The Abnormal Situation Management Consortium found that alarm floods contribute to 20-30% of industrial incidents. ISA-18.2 (Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries) establishes benchmarks: a well-managed system should average fewer than 6 alarms per 10-minute period during normal operations and no more than 10 per 10-minute period during abnormal conditions. Most utility SCADA systems exceed these benchmarks by 5-10x because every threshold was configured by a different engineer over the past 20 years without a unified alarm philosophy. Argus provides ISA-18.2-aligned alarm rationalisation, correlation, suppression, and prioritisation , so your operators focus on the 5% of alarms that require action, not the 95% that are noise.
Critical
Immediate threat to personnel safety, equipment integrity, or service to critical facilities. Requires operator response within 5 minutes. Audible alert, screen flash, and mobile push notification per ISA-18.2 Priority 1 standards. Auto-generates emergency work order and notifies on-call supervisor.
Gas concentration above 80% LEL in enclosed space , PSAP notification triggered automatically
Major
Significant operational impact requiring response within 15-30 minutes. Equipment operating beyond recommended thermal or mechanical limits. Continued operation risks equipment damage or cascading failure. Operator investigation and corrective action required before end of shift.
Transformer oil temperature exceeding 85 degrees C with rising load trend , IEEE C57.91 emergency loading threshold approaching
Minor
Parameter outside optimal operating range but within equipment ratings and safety limits. Does not require immediate action but should be addressed during current shift if resources allow. Monitor for trend escalation , two consecutive minor alarms on the same device auto-escalate to major.
Water distribution pressure at 42 PSI in high-elevation zone , below 45 PSI optimal range but above 20 PSI minimum
Informational
Status change logged for operational awareness and event reconstruction. Device state transitions, scheduled event completions, communication link restorations. No operator action required , archived in the event log with 7-year retention for regulatory audit support.
Capacitor bank switched from VAR to voltage control mode per automated schedule. Battery backup inverter returned to float charge.
Intelligent Alarms. Not Alarm Fatigue.
Alarm Acknowledge Workflow
Alarm Triggered
Sensor reading exceeds configured threshold or anomaly detection algorithm flags deviation. Timestamp, reading value, threshold value, and device context captured.
Operator Notified
Alert delivered via dashboard (visual + audible for Critical/Major), mobile push notification, and SMS/email for after-hours on-call personnel. Escalation timer starts based on severity level.
Acknowledged
Operator acknowledges the alarm, recording their identity and assessment. Acknowledgement stops the escalation timer but does not clear the alarm , the condition must be resolved, not just acknowledged.
Resolved
Root cause addressed , reading returns to normal range or corrective action documented. Alarm cleared with resolution notes. Full lifecycle archived for alarm performance metrics (alarm rate, acknowledgement time, resolution time).
Your Infrastructure Speaks. Argus Translates.
Every sensor reading is a data point. Every anomaly is a warning. Every alarm is a decision point. But when you have 50,000 sensors generating 100 million readings per day, the challenge is not data collection , it is signal extraction. The utilities that prevent failures, avoid violations, and respond in minutes instead of hours share one capability: they turn SCADA data into actionable intelligence that operators trust. Not alarm floods that operators tune out. Not dashboards that display numbers without context. Intelligence that tells the operator what is happening, why it matters, and what to do about it.
The difference between monitoring and intelligence is context. A reading of 0.18 NTU turbidity is meaningless without the context that the compliance threshold is 0.3 NTU, the trend is rising at 0.02 NTU/hour, and at this rate the treatment technique will be breached in 6 hours if filter backwash is not initiated. Argus provides both the reading and the context , for every parameter, every utility type, every second.
Stop drowning in SCADA data. Start acting on intelligence that prevents the failures, violations, and safety incidents that keep your Director of Operations awake at night.
Talk to a SCADA Integration SpecialistIntegrates with existing SCADA/EMS (OSI, GE, ABB, Schneider Electric), RTU/IED/PLC hardware from all major manufacturers, and historian systems (OSIsoft PI, Aveva Historian, Honeywell PHD). Protocol support for DNP3, Modbus TCP/RTU, IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-104, and OPC-UA. Deployed on-premises or in sovereign cloud with NERC CIP-compliant network architecture.