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Technomania
Author(s) -
Hoffbuhr Jack W.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2006.tb07696.x
Subject(s) - general partnership , business , power (physics) , instrumentation (computer programming) , information technology , computer science , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , operating system
In his column, AWWA Executive Director Jack Hoffbuhr says that, even as utilities are relying more and more on sophisticated monitoring and instrumentation technology to manage treatment and distribution operations, he prefers a human on site interacting with all of that technology. The human component gives technology its productive power, Hoffbuhr says, and the human‐technology partnership must be used effectively to protect public health and operate efficiently. To take full advantage of this partnership, organizations must make the commitment to train their employees, and employees must be enabled to act on the information that technology makes possible. Without this commitment, adding technology will be as productive as filters without media.