Abstract

Transforming Water District's Operations using Cloud GIS and Hydraulic Modeling
Track: Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater
Authors: Venkatesh Narasimhaiah, Michael Samuel

Mabalacat Water District (MWD) operates and maintains a water distribution system comprising of over 310 kilometers of underground pipes and associated appurtenances, serving about 34,000 customers. To maximize benefits of GIS, MWD decided to adopt WebGIS and get away from the traditional desktop GIS, which was limited to one department. With its GIS on the Cloud now, all departments of MWD has unlimited access to GIS, which has not only resulted in reducing time and effort needed to manage MWD's operations, but also reduced operational costs considerably. Identifying problem locations and infrastructure is lot easier for engineering staff, while processing new service connection requests is quick and paperless for commercial department folks. Response time to manage leaks has become quicker, with Customer Service staff, liaising with the Operations folks electronically. Whatmore, MWD runs its hydraulic model on the cloud, to identify and fix supply related issues.