Large Canadian Water Authority Uses Copia to Centralize OT Code Governance Across a Multi-Site Water Network
When versiondog, the third-party version control platform a large Canadian water authority had relied on for years, stopped supporting the PLC firmware its OT team was actively deploying, the newly unified water-and-wastewater team needed a replacement built for OT, not adapted from IT tooling. They selected Copia’s Source Control and DeviceLink™ to establish a centralized foundation for code governance across approximately 200 devices spanning roughly 100 wells, 15 wastewater treatment plants, and 7 pumping stations. With automated weekly backups, full commit history preserved in the cloud, and change detection that flags untracked device modifications in real time, the authority has cut recovery time from hours to minutes and brought consultant-driven workflows under a single, auditable system of record.
What you’ll learn:
- Why the water authority moved off versiondog and selected Copia as the centralized source of truth for both water and wastewater operations
- How DeviceLink™ automates weekly backups across approximately 200 devices and flags untracked changes the moment code on a live device diverges from the repository
- How Source Control’s role-based access and visual diffs give the OT team complete traceability across a workflow that includes both internal technicians and external consultants
