Consolidated Utility District's 3 Large Screens

Consolidated Utility District of Rutherford County is the largest rural water utility district in Tennessee, serving over 38,000 customers. The Department of Homeland Security has focused on the safety of our nation's drinking water as an area of concern. Steps must be taken to reduce the vulnerability of our water supply to the threat of terrorism. Multi-Media Solutions, Inc., headquartered in Alcoa TN with an additional office in Brentwood, is a big part of the steps that CUDRC is taking to be prepared, aware, and responsive to situations from Mother Nature's fury to deliberate vandalism, or worse. CUDRC is pioneering efforts for the security of the public's water supply against intrusion and contamination by executing an infrastructure security plan using state-of-the-art technology. The core of the plan is the design and construction of a centralized command center operating 24/7 to continuously monitor the utility's water reservoirs, pump stations, flow meters, pressure zones, storange tanks, distribution lines and surveillance.

The Challenge:
The challenge was to integrate a myriad of incoming data and visuals of varying types. The system specifications required true real-time display of all signals and the ability to manipulate the size and position of these images on the screens. The images must have exceptional image qualitywith sharp, crisp display of high-resolution graphics. Personnel must be able to resize, zoom and pan any image for greater detail. The district's entire system must be monitored, controlled and coordinated by a single person for rapid assessment and response to critical situations.

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The Solution:
The MMS team designed and built the display system in the new command center to integrate and display system-wide visuals from surveillance and data, to be visible to personnel on a central video wall with 3 large rear-projection screens. Maps, data, surveillance camera feeds and more are continuously displayed, including a system-wide map which depicts every reservoir, distribution pipe, valve, pump station, pressure monitoring station, water meter and even service vehicles! Live status data, plus GPS transmissions from the vehicles is updated and displayed, ensuring the ability to respond to system defects, disruptions, damage and potentially threatening incidents quickly and efficiently. The entire system can be monitored, controlled, and coordinated by one person. Any image can be resized, zoomed, and panned for greater detail and focus. Included is an interactive touch-screen which allows the personnel to notate over the image, and control software. See an image of the preliminary design work.

Read the press release which has even more detail.

The System Includes:
Screens: 3 custom rear-projection screens from Large Screen Displays Inc's Projected Images (Pi3) Group.
Display signal processors: RGB Spectrum's state-of-the-art Quadra Multi-screen and QuadView multi-image processors
Projectors: Christie Digital's model DS-30
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