In recent times, water treatment plants are mainly established to ensure continuous supply of safe and good quality of water. They are mainly concerned for the conservation of water that is achieved by application of automation controls. Various industrial processes are there where water treatment is essential. To manage the productivity, productivity, improving quality of product/service, reducing downtime and operating costs in current sustainable worry requires a practical approach which can subsequently optimize efficiency of the process and available resources. Automation is one of the most effective tools to achieve this. This paper critically focuses on the technical issues of automation control system that can help in the advancement of automation industry with respect to the management level and process effectiveness.