Abstract

Data, Drops, and Dollars
Track: Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater
Authors: Graham Symmonds, Paul Bailey

As time passes, water utilities recognize that resources will not become more abundant nor less expensive. 'Smart Grid for Water' is implemented by Global Water Resources for our own 12 utility operations in Arizona, as well as in support of third parties in other parts of the USA and internationally. This presentation will discuss the drivers for integration between GIS, Customer Information Systems (CIS), Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and the importance of having hourly data on both the supply and demand side of operations. A short demonstration will accompany the presentation showing up to the moment status of the utility.