Cyber-Physical System and 3D Visualization for a SCADA-Based Drinking Water Supply: A Case Study in the Lerma Basin, Mexico City

Gabriel Sepúlveda-Cervantes (), Eduardo Vega-Alvarado, Edgar Alfredo Portilla-Flores and Eduardo Vivanco-Rodríguez
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Gabriel Sepúlveda-Cervantes: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Cómputo (CIDETEC), Mexico City 07700, Mexico
Eduardo Vega-Alvarado: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Cómputo (CIDETEC), Mexico City 07700, Mexico
Edgar Alfredo Portilla-Flores: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Cómputo (CIDETEC), Mexico City 07700, Mexico
Eduardo Vivanco-Rodríguez: Virtual Wave Control, Mexico City 03100, Mexico

Future Internet, 2025, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-14

Abstract: Cyber-physical systems such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) have been applied in industrial automation and infrastructure management for decades. They are hybrid tools for administration, monitoring, and continuous control of real physical systems through their computational representation. SCADA systems have evolved along with computing technology, from their beginnings with low-performance computers, monochrome monitors and communication networks with a range of a few hundred meters, to high-performance systems with advanced 3D graphics and wired and wireless computer networks. This article presents a methodology for the design of a SCADA system with a 3D Visualization for Drinking Water Supply, and its implementation in the Lerma Basin System of Mexico City as a case study. The monitoring of water consumption from the wells is presented, as well as the pressure levels throughout the system. The 3D visualization is generated from the GIS information and the communication is carried out using a hybrid radio frequency transmission system, satellite, and telephone network. The pumps that extract water from each well are teleoperated and monitored in real time. The developed system can be scaled to generate a simulator of water behavior of the Lerma Basin System and perform contingency planning.

Keywords: cyber-physical systems; SCADA; 3D visualization; water management; real-time monitoring; GIS; Industry 4.0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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