Abstract

Using ArcServer to communicate and query groundwater monitoring data
Track: Environmental Management
Authors: Chad Flynn

We developed a web based mapping service using ArcGIS Server so that we could communicate and query our groundwater monitoring data. We routinely sample groundwater wells for use in analysis of refinery remediation activities. This information is stored in a database and provides us with the ability to report trends and progress of remediation actions. We wanted to be able to answer more spatially oriented questions like, "Which direction are the contaminants moving?", and "Has there been any benzene recorded in a particular area?" We took a database of sampling well coordinates and associated sampling data and served it up on top of infrastructure data and aerial photography. Now this information is accessible to all project members, internally and externally through a web browser. This has helped to not only help us understand the spatial component of our data but also improved safety and efficiency by making more informed decisions.