Hundreds of thousands of miles of pipelines convey liquid and gas products to distribution points throughout the world. Many of these pipelines, if ruptured, may cause catastrophic results to public safety and the environment. This paper will discuss a geographic information system-based decision support system for use in the planning stages of a proposed pipeline and its possible development for uses in route selection, EIR/EIS reporting, cost analysis, pipeline maintenance, risk assessment, risk management, and contingency planning. A method for the quantifying of pipeline impacts operating in either a high- or low-risk environment will be discussed, along with methods for maintaining and managing a large amount of evnvironmental data.
Michael Inada
Diba Consulting Software Engineers
Monterey County Water Resources Agency
30 Corporate Park, Suite 314
Irvine, CA 92714
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Ali Diba