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GIS in Water Utilities

Brian Borg
GIS Technologist
16th November 2012

Agenda

GIS Overview
WSC Vision
WSC GIS Goals and Implementation
Practical Examples

GIS Overview
Geospatial data represent spatial locations and have
attributes (where? and what?) points/lines/polygons
Many Water utilities companies data is spatially
related
Spatial data typically stored within GIS
GIS is used for:

Spatial data storage,


Analysis,
Visualization,
Reporting,
Loss Control
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GIS Overview
Using GIS helps in managing water distribution
more effectively as well as planning and customer
care. Network represented with spatial features.
A GIS is more powerful and flexible than a CAD
system.
GIS stores both attributes and
images of pipes, valves, meters,
manholes, and so forth, as objects
with location coordinates.

Distribution system
Collection system

Population density
Zone boundaries

Urban development
Land features

Hydrographic data

GIS Overview
GIS create links (upstream and downstream)
between objects through a strong object-to-object
network connectivity model. (geometric network)
It is a true model of the network which can be
used to:

Track and report on assets


Valve tracing
Model simulation
Generate inputs into hydraulic
modelling software
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Core Water Utilities


Business Patterns

WSC Vision
Reduce data
redundancy
Improve accuracy
and integrity of
spatial information
Share data
efficiently and
quickly
Integrate GIS and
non-GIS
applications
Use GIS to analyze
data patterns
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WSC Goals
Ability to manage water networks assets more
efficiently
Better decision making Better decisions about a
location or an asset.
Providing map-based views of assets
Create work orders / historical work orders
Trends

Improve communication
Maps and visualizations greatly assist in understanding
situations
New Language that improve communication

WSC Goals
Empower and improve Planned Maintenance
processes (Promote pro-activeness)
Assets aging / conditioning

Support automatic and on the fly Water balances


AMM Integration
Step testing analysis
Customer segmentation

Lower reaction time to breakdowns by early


detection of network events
SCADA/AMM Integration
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Integration and Collaboration


GIS Implementations:
desktop,
server, and
Enterprise systems

Desktop

Server

Enterprise

Web GIS harnesses


the power and reach of
the Web and integrates
the rich knowledge
resources of GIS
GIS is rapidly moving
toward the vision
where it can be used
anywhere, anytime by
anyone
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WSC GIS Implementation


Provides an open,
scalable system that
serves geographic
knowledge to virtually
any client:
Desktop
Mobile
Smartphone

GIS Professionals
create knowledge maps,
and models and easily
publish them for anyone
to use anywhere.
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Spatially Enabling Business


Intelligence
GIS and BI applications
historically separate
Users typically enter
information or perform
analysis using separate
applications
Business applications may contain spatial data, but no
way to analyze it
Integrating both systems will add another dimension to
analysis and reporting
Visualize and discover previously unknown trends

GIS and BI are two converging technologies


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Spatially Enabling Business


Intelligence
Maps as an analysis
tool Spatial queries
drives BI request
Maps as visualization
tools BI request
drives spatial queries
and GIS
representations

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Spatially Enabling Business


Intelligence
GIS provides significant
advantages in visualisation
of information to show
patterns and trends
No other reporting format
can match a maps ability
to condense information
A picture is worth a
thousand words

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Access and Update Data in the


Field
Mobile crews need current
information at their fingertips
Field crews must be provided
with accurate, up-to-date maps
through GIS computing

Map display and navigation


GIS support querying
GIS editing
Valve isolation tracing
Work Order creation
GPS location
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GIS/EAM Integration

GIS-enabled Web-based tools allow field crew to:


Annotate (redline) work order requests
Put information directly into the DB from the field
Data is available anytime, anywhere and to anyone
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GIS/EAM Integration

Back end Asset Management System fully integrated


with GIS. One single system
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Geometric Network Model

Geometric Network offers a way to model networks and


infrastructures
It is a set of
connected edges and junctions, (connected assets)
along with connectivity rules,
(asset connection rules)
represent and model the behaviour of the network
infrastructure

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Geometric Network Model

Locating issues in network based on customer contacts


or other sources of data (e.g. AMM/SCADA)
Redirecting the flow of water to avoid a burst main
Tracing upstream, downstream and valve tracing
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Geometric Network Tracing


(Downstream)

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Geometric Network Tracing


(Downstream)

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Geometric Network Tracing


(Upstream)

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Leakage Management
Location?
Requires a combination
of management tools and
logical processes
GIS assists in leak
detection location
Addressing the WHERE:
Strategically positioned flowmeters and pressure sensors
(GIS/SCADA)
Pipe network subdivided into
zones and sub zones (GIS)
Methods like Step Testing will
be able to pinpoint the actual
zone (GIS/AMM)

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Step Testing GIS/AMM

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Leakage Management How?


HOW is the final decision typical
considerations:
Length of pipes (GIS)
Quality of pipes (GIS)
Age of pipes (GIS)
How many interventions (GIS/WO)

DECISION Analysis (Spatial DSS/GIS)


Replace all the pipes in the zone?
Locate the leak and replace the small length?25

Asset Aging- Work Order


Analysis

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Asset Aging- Work Order


Analysis

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Water Balance GIS/AMM

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GIS CRM Integration


Faults immediately
displayed on the central
rooms GIS
A single dot (Fault) may
in turn grow or change
shape as additional calls
come in
In combination with the
geonetwork model, one
can identify a main/asset
as the most likely culprit
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GIS - SCADA - AMM Integration


Feature

SCADA

AMM

GIS

Live system
availability

Real time data


management

Spatial data
representation

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GIS Integration Framework


Automatic Notification Creation

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