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Geometric networks for water utilities

Whether you are implementing GIS in your water, wastewater or stormwater utility and creating a data model for the first time or you are updating your existing GIS datamodel, you will no doubt ask yourself this question - How should I model my utility's Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:48 AM by mmiller@esri.com | 0 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Water, Utility, Data, Dataset, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, sewer, water distribution, asset management, ArcGIS Server, enterprise asset management, ArcGIS, data model, all pipe model, tracing, asset IDs, GeoDesign, enterprise GIS, geometric network, geometric

GIS Training Plan for Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Utilities

One of the things we can’t stress enough is the importance of GIS training for water, wastewater and stormwater utilities. The proper skill sets are critical to the success of any GIS implementation or operation and training is one of the ways a water Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:23 AM by hcrothers | 0 Comments

Filed under: Water, Utility, ArcGIS Mobile, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, sewer, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS, water utility training plan, best practices, GIS training, enterprise GIS

Attachment(s): Generic GIS Staff Development Plan for Water Utilities.pdf

November 5th Webcast exploring the Water Utility Resource Center & Enterprise License Agreements for Water Utilities

You can sign up now for a webcast ESRI will be giving that explores the templates on the Water Utility Resource Center and also how water, wastewater and stormwater utilities can benefit from an ESRI Enterprise License Agreement (ELA). We’ll touch on Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:05 AM by hcrothers | 0 Comments

Filed under: Water, Utility, Template, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, asset management, CIP, ArcGIS, Capital Improvement Planning, best practices, webcast

The Evolution of the Water Distribution Capital Improvement Planning Template

As you may have seen, we released the Water Distribution Capital Improvement Planning (CIP) Template a last week. First, we wanted to say a big thank you to all of our users and business partners who helped us to refine the initial geoprocessing models Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:45 AM by hcrothers | 2 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Water, Utility, Geoprocessing, Data, Dataset, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, water distribution, asset management, enterprise asset management, CIP, ArcGIS, Capital Improvement Planning, data model, map, costing tools, long term plan, ModelBuilder, GeoDesign

CIP Template Released

If you have been following us on twitter, you already know that we released the ArcGIS Water Distribution Capital Planning template (we are calling this the CIP Template for short) yesterday. The CIP template includes a set of models to help you understand Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:37 AM by mmiller@esri.com | 0 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Utility, Template, toolbar, Data, wastewater, stormwater, sewer, water distribution, update, enterprise asset management, CIP, ArcGIS, Capital Improvement Planning, data model, capital projects, costing tools

GUID's as ID's

We have had a lot of talk about Unique ID’s in the last few weeks and GUID’s have came up a few times. We wanted to add some more information to this topic. GUID’s or Globally Unique Identifier are essentially unique values. These are used by the geodatabase Read More...

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 9:39 AM by mmiller@esri.com | 0 Comments

Filed under: Water, Utility, wastewater, water distribution, asset management, ArcGIS, asset IDs, unique asset IDs, GUID

Attachment(s): GUID.cal

Where Are Your Customers?

At first glance, that might seem like a silly question to a water, wastewater or storm water utility. After all, how hard is it to find your customers…. they are in your service area, connected to your infrastructure and you have an address to send them Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:00 PM by hcrothers | 2 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Water, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, water distribution, hydraulic model, ArcGIS, data model, map, tracing, geocoding, premise location, water loss, water meter, utility billing system, non-revenue water, CIS, customer information system

Our Fall Plans

Summer is winding down, so we thought we'd take this opportunity to report on a few things we spent our summer working on and some things you'll see in the fall. First, you can now follow us on Twitter at ESRITeamWater - we'll be providing updates via Read More...

Posted Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:45 AM by hcrothers | 0 Comments

Filed under: Geoprocessing, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, sewer, ArcGIS, Capital Improvement Planning, User Conference, capital projects, water utility training plan, twitter, costing tools, water editing toolbar

Generating Unique Asset IDs for asset discovered in the field

Based on our recent blog on Generating Unique Asset IDs, we had a few people ask about how to handle generating IDs in the field and how to handle new assets turned over from developers. So we thought it would be good write a follow-on blog about that Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:47 PM by hcrothers | 0 Comments

Filed under: Water, ArcGIS Mobile, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, water distribution, asset management, ArcGIS Server, enterprise asset management, work orders, ArcGIS, mobile gis, field crews, map, asset IDs, capital projects

Tips For Capital Project Coordination

It's seems like right now, the idea of capital project coordination between utilities and other government entities has reached critical mass. Whether faced with budgetary problems due to the economy, the need to do a significant amount of capital projects Read More...

Posted Monday, August 10, 2009 1:06 PM by hcrothers | 0 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Water, Utility, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, asset management, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS, Capital Improvement Planning, map, capital projects, Content Sharing, ArcGIS Online, utility coordination

User Conference follow up and your thoughts on the Templates

If you had the chance to attend the user conference, I am sure you are excited about some of the new functions you saw in 9.4. I know I am. I cannot wait for the new editing environment. To be able to set up editing templates that default attributes, Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 22, 2009 6:45 AM by mmiller@esri.com | 0 Comments

Filed under: Water, Utility, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, sewer, water distribution, asset management, ArcGIS, User Conference

Expanding the Mobile Map

If you have played around with the configuration file or in the source code for the mobile map, you may have noticed some functions that are not visible in the application. That is because a typical ArcGIS Mobile application has a lot more functionality Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009 7:39 AM by mmiller@esri.com | 0 Comments

Filed under: Template, mobile, ESRI, GIS, ArcGIS, routing, paper, workorder, map, server, inspections, field, tracing, extending

ArcGIS for AutoCAD Template for Water Utilities

There is a new template in the template gallery showing how to use ArcGIS for AutoCAD at a water utility to engageAutoCAD users in GIS data updates. You can download the template here: http://resources.esri.com/waterutilities/index.cfm?fa=codeGalleryDetails&scriptID=16340 Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:07 PM by hcrothers | 0 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Water, Schema, Geoprocessing, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, asset management, ArcGIS Server, enterprise asset management, ArcGIS, data model, AutoCAD, DXF, Microstation, ArcGIS for AutoCAD, DGN, DWG

Updated Source Code for the Water Operations Dashboard

We have updated the Water Operations Dashboard. This version is based on the ArcGIS API for Flex 1.2 libraries and the Sample Flex Viewer that was released on May 29th. The Water Operations Dashboard is based on the Sample Flex Viewer with a few enhancments. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:47 PM by mmiller@esri.com | 2 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Code, Utility, Template, dashboard, Flex, widget, rest, wastewater, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, water distribution, update, ArcGIS Server, CIP, ArcGIS

Design concepts and setting up your own dashboard

I started typing this blog entry last week. My original idea was to share 5 simple steps to set up the dashboard or Flex sample viewer. Since then, two great things came up, the creating effective web maps seminar and an unbelievable flex guide from a Read More...

Posted Friday, May 29, 2009 6:54 AM by mmiller@esri.com | 0 Comments

Filed under: Geodatabase, Water, Utility, Template, dashboard, Flex, Data, Dataset, widget, rest, stormwater, ESRI, GIS, sewer, water distribution, update, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS, data model

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