Solution for a Rural Domestic Wastewater Treatment Supervision System

Overall Design

Relying on a cloud computing technology architecture, adhering to the overarching IT framework for water resources and environmental protection, and underpinned by an information security operations and maintenance system, a standards and specifications framework, and a data‑update mechanism, the system delivers services to users. The overall architecture of the rural domestic wastewater treatment system is illustrated in the figure below:

Positioning and Role

The rural domestic wastewater treatment management system, grounded in a full‑life‑cycle approach, establishes business application scenarios that cover the entire lifecycle of facilities—planning, construction, operation, and maintenance—thereby supporting end-to-end lifecycle management of rural domestic wastewater treatment infrastructure.

The system, based on operations such as monitoring, early warning, maintenance, inspection, and performance evaluation, enables intelligent monitoring of rural domestic wastewater treatment operations, supporting refined and sustainable management. Promote cross‑departmental and multi‑level operational coordination and information sharing, enhance the management of the water sector, steadily improve the water environment quality of rivers and lakes, and upgrade rural living environments.

Design Principles

▲ Holism

For the rural domestic wastewater treatment monitoring system, a unified management platform is required to ensure centralized oversight. This approach simplifies and streamlines operational procedures, enhances intelligence, and minimizes system complexity.

▲ Advanced nature

During platform development, select solutions that are technologically advanced, user-friendly, and easy to maintain, ensuring they remain cutting-edge for years to come.

▲ Developmental

When designing the entire rural domestic wastewater treatment and monitoring system, full consideration is given to its long-term scalability, thereby reducing future development costs and ensuring the system’s robust sustainability.

▲ The exterior appearance is aesthetically pleasing.

The platform takes safety and aesthetics into account, adhering to the principle of combining practicality with visual appeal.

▲ Scalability and maintainability

To accommodate future system changes and fully account for the need for system scalability, the design should be flexible and enable system expansion and maintenance in the simplest possible manner with the most appropriate investment.

Feature Introduction

▲ Comprehensive Supervision

By integrating GIS, big‑data dashboards, and various visualizations, the operational status of rural domestic wastewater treatment facilities is presented on a single map, drawing on infrastructure pre‑alert information, inspection data, maintenance records, and operational condition metrics.

▲ Video Surveillance

By installing video surveillance equipment at the wastewater treatment plant, it is possible to remotely monitor the site in real time, gain insight into its current operations, and ensure safe and secure facility operation. Additionally, historical footage can be reviewed, facilitating traceability when issues arise. With personnel‑detection capabilities, the system can promptly issue alerts upon detecting unauthorized or abnormal presence.

▲ Asset Management

In accordance with the “one station, one form” management approach, a foundational database for wastewater treatment facilities has been established, comprehensively documenting facility-specific attributes, managing entity information, and maintenance contractor details.

▲ Real-time monitoring

Based on data resources aggregated through intelligent sensing, the system integrates GIS to visualize real-time operational data from facilities such as treatment stations and lift wells, while also providing alerting and information‑query services.

▲ Inspection Management

Inspection units report the results of their inspections of rural domestic wastewater treatment facilities, along with relevant process information, and monitor the status of inspection task implementation. After reporting issues identified during rural wastewater inspections, the water resources office assigns these issues to the corresponding maintenance entities for verification and remediation.

▲ Maintenance Management

Carry out routine maintenance and corrective maintenance for rural domestic wastewater treatment facilities and equipment. Routine maintenance is performed according to the standard maintenance procedures, as scheduled; corrective maintenance addresses issues identified by third-party inspection agencies.

▲ Water Quality Management

Water quality monitoring data for rural wastewater treatment facilities and sewage treatment plants are collected either through manual data entry or intelligent sensing, enabling functions such as locating monitoring sites, querying data, and conducting trend analysis.

▲ Supervision and Assessment

Implement the requirements for long-term management and infrastructure development, providing functions such as the formulation of maintenance and performance‑evaluation standards for rural domestic wastewater treatment facilities, as well as assessment and scoring.

▲ Decision Analysis

By leveraging big data analytics, decision‑making analyses are conducted across three dimensions—facility failure rates, water quality, and water volume. The analysis results are presented in the form of heat maps, tables, and other visualizations, providing robust support for the operational monitoring, inspection, maintenance, planning, and strategy development of facilities and equipment.

▲ Statistical Reports

Monitoring data on rural wastewater quality and quantity, facility operation records, equipment inspection results, and maintenance status are systematically aggregated and analyzed across annual, quarterly, and monthly timeframes.

▲ Mobile App

♦ Basic Information: Conduct inquiries into rural domestic wastewater treatment facilities, supporting features such as information retrieval and map-based location services.

♦ Operational Supervision: View facility operating conditions via mobile devices, including water level monitoring data, water quality monitoring data, and wastewater treatment volume.

♦ Inspection Management: Perform routine facility inspections via mobile devices, and complete tasks such as check-in, clock-in, and inspection reporting.

♦ Maintenance and Management: Receive maintenance tasks published by the backend and report on their execution status. Supports features such as task querying, task execution, and viewing completed tasks.

♦ Public Oversight: Public oversight services are provided for key facilities such as wastewater treatment plants and lift stations, with enhanced monitoring of facility operations. The public can scan the facility’s QR code to access relevant information and report any issues.

♦ Data Analysis: Enables regulatory personnel to perform data analysis and query historical operational metrics on mobile devices, with list displays and chart-based analytics available within the mini-program.

Application Prospects

Placing rural development at a pivotal position in the drive toward socialist modernization, optimizing production, living, and ecological spaces, and continuously enhancing village aesthetics and the human living environment—building beautiful, livable villages—is an integral part of the 14th Five-Year Plan. Treating rural domestic wastewater is an essential measure for improving the rural living environment and steadily addressing pressing environmental challenges such as “villages besieged by waste” and black, malodorous water bodies in rural areas.

By leveraging information technology, we can develop a powerful tool for the operation and oversight of rural domestic wastewater systems, elevate the level of monitoring and management of these facilities, break down barriers to information sharing, and facilitate the efficient flow of data. This enables timely, accurate, and comprehensive access to relevant information, ensuring the efficient operation of rural wastewater treatment infrastructure and maximizing the value of information resources in operational supervision. In turn, this approach can further standardize and guide rural infrastructure development, enhance the integrated management of rural water systems, and help maintain clean, well‑kept public spaces and villages, thereby contributing to the creation of beautiful, livable rural communities.