A couple months ago I went to the Metropolitan Water District’s quarterly Water Quality Manager’s Meeting. While on break I headed fown to their main lobby museum to take a look at some historic pictures. I was suprised to find a cool piece of technology pictured below.
The desk was a tool to control the water flows in the LA Aqueduct. It was amazing to me to parallel the desk compared to modern SCADA technologies which can control pumps from a remote location. Although an operator still controls the water with SCADA, her or she doesn’t have to be in a specific location.
A view from just outside Union Station, right next to the MWD headquarters.
Amber M. Baylor 