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GIS Development and Asset Management

The Kennebec Water District supplies drinking water to five Central Maine communities in three primary service areas. The District maintains approximately 150 miles of transmission and distribution piping, three primary storage reservoirs, and numerous pumping facilities. To better manage infrastructure information and records, a District-wide Asset Management System was deemed necessary.

Wright-Pierce was retained to create a geodatabase that would inventory and map the District’s extensive infrastructure.  In addition, one centralized application was developed to make record information available to District personnel.

The work plan included merging hydraulic model data and development of customized applications utilizing a combination of ESRI products and Microsoft databases, such as MS Access. In addition, several database entry programs were implemented to populate the Geographic Information System (GIS). Custom tools were developed to allow District staff to interrogate and cross-check data for accuracy.

Working with the Water District over a multi-year period, Wright-Pierce has developed a powerful and affordable solution to facilitate data inventory and asset management system-wide. Additional training and support will allow the District to further develop and grow the Asset Management System using District staff.

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Project Highlights

Background

Wright-Pierce was retained  by the Kennebec Water District to create a geodatabase to inventory and map District infrastructure.

Challenges

  • Limited electronic data
  • Spatial inaccuracies
  • Multiple locations for archiving hard copy record information
  • Time consuming data entry
  • Time consuming field locates

Solutions

  • Centralization of an access point for data retrieval
  • Generation of a multi-user interface
  • Simplification of data entry and integration with GIS
  • Customization of field solutions to integrate with GIS
  • Merge hydraulic model data