Industries We Serve
Modernize controls, improve system visibility, connect operational data, and support the infrastructure behind reliable water and wastewater operations
Why Direct
Water and wastewater operations rarely have the luxury of standing still. Equipment ages, demand shifts, and technology changes, but treatment plants, pump stations, remote sites, instrumentation, controls, and networks still have to work together every day.
Direct brings automation, data management, OT security, field systems, and fabrication together so upgrades can be planned around the operation as a whole. That helps teams improve visibility, close system gaps, and modernize without disrupting the service people depend on.
WHAT WE HANDLE
From treatment controls and remote monitoring to instrumentation, operational data, cybersecurity, and fabricated systems, Direct supports the technology water and wastewater teams rely on every day.
Modernize aging PLC, DCS, SCADA, and HMI environments with migration strategies built around system lifecycle, backups, phased upgrades, uptime, and long-term support.
Improve visibility across remote sites and facilities with SCADA and HMI systems built around alarms, historian access, communications, monitoring, and critical operating information.
Support accurate flow, level, pressure, and process measurement with instrumentation engineering, calibration, loop checks, integration, and commissioning.
Strengthen water and wastewater control environments with asset visibility, segmentation, secure remote access, monitoring, backups, and recovery planning for continuity.
Connect SCADA, historians, field systems, databases, and business applications so operational information can move reliably across treatment, distribution, and enterprise systems.
Simplify water utility billing with connected meter information, automated billing, customer self-service, payments, reporting, and workflows for rural water and municipal teams.
Combine equipment, structural fabrication, electrical components, and controls into modular systems designed for coordinated delivery and easier field installation.
Build custom control panels for pumps, treatment equipment, upgrades, and replacement projects with organized wiring, testing, documentation, and field-ready construction.
Our Advantage
Water and wastewater projects often involve aging infrastructure, limited shutdown windows, remote sites, pump equipment, operator workflows, and systems that can’t simply be taken offline. Our teams plan around those realities so upgrades are easier to coordinate, commission, and support.












Let's Talk
Tell us where controls are aging, visibility is limited, or infrastructure needs attention. Our team can bring the right expertise together and help define a practical next step.
(866) 583-3377
3405 N Louise Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57107
info@directcompanies.com
Move Forward
Modernizing treatment controls, improving remote visibility, or planning a water or wastewater upgrade? Bring the right expertise in early to support reliable operation and future improvements.
Use our free 20-point operational data assessment to uncover disconnected systems, manual reporting, visibility gaps, and opportunities to improve your operation.
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Use our free 20-point cybersecurity assessment to uncover security gaps, overlooked risks, and areas where stronger protection is needed.
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Use the free 10-point checklist to uncover reliability gaps, aging components, documentation issues, and modernization risks before they lead to unexpected downtime.
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Evaluate 20 areas across systems, infrastructure, data, security, and support to identify gaps and opportunities to improve.
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Plan your control panel project with fewer surprises. Get the free guide to organize key requirements and prepare for fabrication with confidence.
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Download the Emerson white paper on tank gauging accuracy, safety compliance, and modernization.