GIS for Utilities

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GIS for Utilities

• How can I use this in my job?

Ron Householder, PLS
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GIS is.

• A powerful set of tools for
• collecting, sorting, retrieving at
• will, transforming, and displaying
• spatial data from the real
• world for a particular set of
• purposes
• Source Huxhold, An
  Intro to Urban GIS, 1991 quoting Borrugh

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GIS is.
Organized collection of computer hardware,
software, and geographic data designed to
efficiently capture, store, integrate, update,
manipulate, analyze, create, and display all
forms of geographically referenced information.
A GIS!
Hardcopy Map
Tabular Data
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GIS Past...

• Accessible on large computer networks
• Only select few knew how to get information
• Costly
• Few Data Sources

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GIS Today...

• Flexible Network, Desktop, Laptop, PDA
• Easy of use Incorporate into daily work flow
• Several free/low cost
• data sets to use

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GIS is.
A Smart Map
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Kinds of jobs that are performed at a Utility
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Billing.

• Print out bills
• Water Usage
• Water Shut offs for non payment

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Maintenance

• New Construction
• Inspection of assets
• Repairs of broken assets
• Shut off service
• Meter Change-out

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Engineering

• New Construction
• Modeling

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Customer Service

• Complaints
• Inform customers of new projects
• Usage
• Advisories

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Other Data.

• GPS Data
• Video
• Pictures
• Field Inspection Reports
• Remote Monitoring Data

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Making it come together

• To make the points, lines and polygons be
  intelligent, a common link has to be created

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Making it come together

• Unique Identifer

• Fire Hydrant
• ID 801231

• Information Table

ID MFG INSTALL DATE INSPECT DATE
801231 Kennedy 7/1976 12/12/2007
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Making it come together

• Unique Identifer

• Fire Hydrant
• ID 801231

• Information Table

ID MFG INSTALL DATE INSPECT DATE
801231 Kennedy 7/1976 12/12/2007
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A Smarter Map

• Show me the complaints in this subdivision.

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A Smarter Map
Show me the customer complaints related to taste
(yellow) and odor (red) in Moorfield Subdivision
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Field Inspection Data
Field Videos
Field Notes
Field Photos
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Field Inspection Data
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Field Inspection Data
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Field Inspection Data
34212 6-CMP Good EW
34221 6-CMP Repair JS
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Customer Service
Capital Improvement Project Information
Customer Complaint Information
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Engineering
Model of System Same Information, but viewed
differently
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Billing
Disconnects to Service
123 Main St Smith Disconnect
453 5th St Johnson Disconnect
56 7th St Williams Disconnect
9321 Maple Dr Adams Disconnect
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Engineering/SCADA
TANKS LOW
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Billing
Water Usage
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GIS Future

• Mobile Devices
• Real Time Information
• RF/GPS Integration

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Summary

• Power in Integration
• Work Flow Orientation
• Questions?

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