Tarrant Regional Water District secures up to 30 facilities over 10 counties
DVTel, Inc., multiple award-winning market leader in the development and delivery of intelligent security solutions over IP networks, has announced that the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) has deployed the DVTel unified intelligent Security Operations Center (iSOC). The iSOC, comprising Longitude Access Control and Latitude Network Video Management solutions, safeguards a wide variety of facilities located across 10 counties in North Central Texas.
The installation also features DVTel cameras and a video analytics package. Maez
Security Consultants aided in system design and Systems Group of Dallas is overseeing
installation.
TRWD is one of the largest raw water suppliers in the state of Texas, providing water to
more than 1.6 million people in the North Central Texas area. Operations span a 10-
county area and include maintaining dams at the Water District’s four reservoirs and
more than 150 miles of pipeline used for water transport. Another primary TRWD
function is to manage an extensive flood control system, featuring more than 27 miles of
floodway levees. TRWD is deploying the unified DVTel solution at upwards to 30
different facilities with video surveillance from approximately 150 cameras and
management of more than 200 access control points.
The District has installed a 6-gigahertz wireless backbone with dedicated T-1 lines to
ensure efficient, effective transmission of all data from the many different locations back
to a central command. “Our goal was to improve upon our previous system with a fully
integrated solution and a single point of control,” said Norman Ashton, TRWD Risk
Manager. “Previously, we had four different software packages running in isolation of
each other, not even popping video on alarm. We needed a much smarter system.”
With DVTel’s flexible, scalable open architecture, TRWD plans to continue to expand
their security system to keep pace with the District’s new construction and to add
facilities as they move down their priority list of critical assets. While the District’s
function may seem fairly straightforward, Ashton’s job is no less critical, “Our goal is to
protect our water sources, plain and simple, and make certain we can provide water to all
of our customers.” Video surveillance provides excellent views of key facilities and the
access control system restricts access to each facility to only those who have permission
and only for certain periods. In addition, the DVTel system enables TRWD to quickly
lock down a single facility or the entire operation as needed.
DVTel President and CEO, Eli Gorovici commented, “Video and access control are
quickly becoming standard commodities. But when we combine the two functions and
extend system capabilities to improve operations and control, all on the network with a
robust interface, we now have a unified, highly intelligent IP-based security solution.”
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