Data collection systems and methods for water/fluids

A fluid treatment method comprising;

• providing a plurality of fluid treatment processing modules located within a site, wherein each said processing module is comprised of at least one from the list of;
• sensors and/or transducers, electronic control means and/or data communications means;
• wherein each said module may receive sensor signals from each said sensor so as to have said module's electronic control means form and/or execute a model predictive decision process wherewith to determine action to be taken through one or more of each said transducers for the purpose of maximizing operational efficiency within each said module and when necessary use, and said data communications means transmits processed module status data to one or more site control panels;
• providing one or more site control panels overseeing one or more processing modules within a site, wherein each said site control panel is in communication with one or more said fluid treatment modules in order to communicate status information to/from one or more said modules, collect, process, analyze and/or update information about said one or more panels, communicate to/from one or more operational control center(s) and update individual processing module(s) reference parameters through said communication means;
• providing one or more operational control center(s) in communications with said one or more site control panels in order to communicate site specific reference parameters and/or status updates to/from said one or more site control panels, wherein said one or more operation control center(s) utilize site control strategy means to analyze, generate and periodically update individual processing module specific parameters based on site parameters that are common to a plurality of processing modules, so that based on desired optimal individual module response, individual parameters for one or more said process modules control are distributed to each said module via one or more of said control panels.