Abstract

Leveraging GPS to Integrate Customer Service data with GIS
Track: Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater
Authors: Scott Williams, Shil Niyogi, Haritha Vendra

Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD) awarded DCSE a Project to collect GPS locations, of its over 100,000 service meters, for water, recycled water and irrigation. The scope involved creating routes as well as linking service meters with parcels. DCSE started with route analyses and generated efficient routes, using service villages and books within them. DCSE field crew used Trimble GeoXH and a DCSE-designed ArcPad application to link parcels with meters, so as to integrate a wide variety of consumer information with GIS.

DCSE used that to develop a layer of services laterals thus connecting meters from billing data, with County parcels and water mains.