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System Requirements Specification (SyRS) — ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289 — Specification | IEEE 29148 §6.2–6.4
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Referenced Standards

StandardTitle
IEC 62443 Industrial communication networks — Network and system security
IEC 62443-compliant Industrial communication networks — Network and system security

Acronyms & Abbreviations

AcronymExpansion
ARC Architecture Decisions
CCCS Completeness, Consistency, Correctness, Stability
EARS Easy Approach to Requirements Syntax
IFC Interface Requirements
STK Stakeholder Requirements
SUB Subsystem Requirements
SYS System Requirements
UHT Universal Hex Taxonomy
VER Verification Plan

Stakeholder Requirements (STK)

RefRequirementV&VTags
STK-NEEDS-001 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL produce potable water meeting all applicable Safe Drinking Water Act standards and state primary drinking water regulations for a service population of 200,000. stakeholder, utility, session-206
STK-NEEDS-002 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL have a rated treatment capacity of 50 million litres per day with the ability to meet peak demand of 75 ML/d using all available treatment trains. stakeholder, utility, session-206
STK-NEEDS-003 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL maintain continuous online monitoring of turbidity, chlorine residual, and pH at all regulatory compliance points, with automated reporting to the state drinking water authority. stakeholder, regulatory, session-206
STK-NEEDS-004 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL be operable by a crew of no more than 4 operators per shift, with centralised SCADA monitoring enabling a single operator to maintain awareness of all treatment processes. stakeholder, operations, session-206
STK-NEEDS-005 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL achieve a minimum 4-log removal/inactivation of viruses, 3-log removal/inactivation of Giardia, and 2-log removal/inactivation of Cryptosporidium across the full treatment train. stakeholder, public-health, session-206
STK-NEEDS-006 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL manage all process waste streams including sludge, backwash water, and chemical spills in compliance with the facility environmental discharge permit, with no unpermitted discharge to the source water body. stakeholder, environmental, session-206
STK-NEEDS-007 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL provide redundant treatment trains and equipment such that any single unit process or major equipment item can be taken offline for maintenance without interrupting water supply to the distribution network. stakeholder, maintenance, session-206
STK-NEEDS-008 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL be designed for a minimum 50-year service life for civil structures and 20-year service life for mechanical and electrical equipment, with energy consumption not exceeding 0.4 kWh per cubic metre of treated water at average flow. stakeholder, financial, session-206
STK-NEEDS-009 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL maintain essential water treatment and distribution capability during loss of utility power for a minimum of 72 hours using on-site emergency generation. stakeholder, emergency, session-206
STK-NEEDS-010 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL incorporate safety systems for chemical handling including spill containment, gas detection, emergency ventilation, safety showers, and eyewash stations at all chemical storage and dosing areas, in compliance with OSHA Process Safety Management requirements. stakeholder, safety, session-206

System Requirements (SYS)

RefRequirementV&VTags
SYS-REQS-001 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL produce finished water with turbidity not exceeding 0.3 NTU in 95% of monthly measurements and never exceeding 1.0 NTU, measured continuously at the combined filter effluent. system, water-quality, session-206
SYS-REQS-002 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL treat a sustained flow of 50 ML/d through the complete treatment train at design water quality, and 75 ML/d for durations up to 8 hours with all treatment trains in service. system, capacity, session-206
SYS-REQS-003 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL provide a minimum UV dose of 40 mJ/cm2 for Cryptosporidium inactivation and maintain a chlorine CT value of at least 6 mg-min/L at the chlorine contact chamber outlet for 4-log virus inactivation at all operating flows. system, disinfection, session-206
SYS-REQS-004 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL continuously monitor turbidity at each individual filter effluent, combined filter effluent, and settled water; chlorine residual at pre- and post-disinfection points; and pH at coagulation, post-lime, and finished water points, with all measurements recorded at intervals not exceeding 1 minute. system, monitoring, session-206
SYS-REQS-005 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL maintain a minimum treatment capacity of 35 ML/d with any single sedimentation basin, filter, or disinfection unit out of service for maintenance. system, redundancy, session-206
SYS-REQS-006 When utility power is lost, the Water Treatment Plant SHALL transfer to emergency diesel generation within 10 seconds and sustain essential treatment and pumping loads for a minimum of 72 hours without fuel resupply. system, power, session-206
SYS-REQS-007 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL detect chlorine gas leaks at concentrations not exceeding 1 ppm and activate emergency ventilation and audible/visual alarms within 5 seconds of detection in all sodium hypochlorite storage and dosing areas. system, safety, session-206
SYS-REQS-008 The SCADA system SHALL present all process variables, equipment status, and alarm conditions on operator workstations with a maximum data latency of 2 seconds from field instrument to screen display, and SHALL retain all process data for a minimum of 5 years. system, scada, session-206
SYS-REQS-009 The Sludge Handling Subsystem SHALL dewater alum sludge to a minimum of 18% solids content and return all supernatant and filtrate to the plant headworks with suspended solids concentration not exceeding 200 mg/L. system, sludge, session-206
SYS-REQS-010 The Water Treatment Plant SHALL consume no more than 0.4 kWh of electrical energy per cubic metre of treated water at average daily flow, including all treatment processes, pumping, and ancillary loads. system, energy, session-206
SYS-REQS-011 The Raw Water Intake Subsystem SHALL deliver raw water at a flow rate of 580 to 870 L/s to the treatment plant headworks while screening debris larger than 6mm and excluding fish, with intake structure designed for raw water turbidity events up to 200 NTU. system, intake, session-206
SYS-REQS-012 The Coagulation and Flocculation Subsystem SHALL reduce raw water turbidity by a minimum of 80% under normal conditions (raw turbidity 0.5-10 NTU) and produce settled water turbidity not exceeding 5 NTU during high-turbidity events (raw turbidity 50-200 NTU). system, coagulation, session-206
SYS-REQS-013 The Filtration Subsystem SHALL produce individual filter effluent turbidity not exceeding 0.1 NTU during stable operation, with filter-to-waste capability to prevent breakthrough turbidity above 0.3 NTU from entering the clearwell during filter ripening. system, filtration, session-206
SYS-REQS-014 The Treated Water Storage and Distribution Pumping Subsystem SHALL maintain discharge pressure between 350 kPa and 700 kPa across two pressure zones, with surge pressure not exceeding 110% of steady-state operating pressure during pump start/stop transients. system, distribution, session-206
SYS-REQS-015 The SCADA system SHALL implement ISA-18.2 compliant alarm management with a maximum sustained alarm rate not exceeding 6 alarms per operator per hour during normal operation, and SHALL provide distinct alarm priorities (critical, high, medium, low) with escalation procedures for unacknowledged critical alarms. system, scada, alarm, session-206

Requirements by Category (IEEE 29148)

3
Functional Requirements
6
Performance Requirements
2
Safety Requirements
1
Compliance & Regulatory
7
Other

Traceability Matrix — STK to SYS

SourceTargetTypeDescription
STK-NEEDS-004 SYS-REQS-015 derives
STK-NEEDS-002 SYS-REQS-014 derives
STK-NEEDS-001 SYS-REQS-013 derives
STK-NEEDS-001 SYS-REQS-012 derives
STK-NEEDS-002 SYS-REQS-011 derives
STK-NEEDS-008 SYS-REQS-010 derives
STK-NEEDS-006 SYS-REQS-009 derives
STK-NEEDS-004 SYS-REQS-008 derives
STK-NEEDS-010 SYS-REQS-007 derives
STK-NEEDS-009 SYS-REQS-006 derives
STK-NEEDS-007 SYS-REQS-005 derives
STK-NEEDS-003 SYS-REQS-004 derives
STK-NEEDS-005 SYS-REQS-003 derives
STK-NEEDS-002 SYS-REQS-002 derives
STK-NEEDS-001 SYS-REQS-001 derives