Abstract

The Benefits and Complexities of Integrating GIS and Hydraulic Modeling
Track: Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater
Author(s): Will Allender

Historically, water utilities have performed hydraulic modeling to plan, design, and operate their water distribution systems. Many utilities now also rely on GIS as the system of record for spatial data and asset management. This presentation will discuss how Colorado Springs Utilities plans to integrate their Esri-based GIS and their InfoWater-based hydraulic modeling to meet the needs of both groups. It will provide an overview of the ways in which the GIS and hydraulic modeling serve the utility, list the data requirements and potentially reusable data outputs from each system, discuss the complexities of integrating a GIS with a skeletonized model versus an all-pipes model, discuss the complexities of integrating GIS with a system model versus a daily model, provide a design and framework for data and process flow, and conclude with lessons learned during the course of the project.

Will Allender
Colorado Springs Utilities
816 Teller Lane
Woodland Park , Colorado 80863
United States
Phone: 719-668-5765
E-mail: wallender@csu.org