GIS Implementation for Water and Wastewater Treatment Facilities provides both basic theory as well as practical hands-on coverage relating to the application of GIS technology.
GIS Implementation for Water and Wastewater Treatment Facilities offers utility-focused tools for evaluating, strategizing, designing, getting up and running, tweaking for optimum results, maintaining, upgrading, and more.
GIS Implementation for Water and Wastewater Treatment Facilities includes guidance on coordination and integration of collection systems, pumping stations, holding tanks, on-site equipment, and individual dischargers.
For readers contemplating or moving through the process of GIS implementation in water or wastewater utilities, GIS Implementation for Water and Wastewater Treatment Facilities is the most complete and authoritative reference available on the subject.
Contents:
- Introduction
- What are Geographic Information Systems?
- Technological History of Geographic Information Systems
- Present Day Geographic Information Systems Industry
- What the Future Holds
- The Value Proposition of Geographic Information Systems
- Fundamental Purposes Served by Geographic Information Systems
- Benefits Derived
- Case Summaries
- Geographic Information Systems Planning
- Provide Leadership and Support
- Create the Requirements for the Geographic Information System
- Implement the Plan
- Investigate the Procurement Options
- Budget and Plan for Geographic Information Systems
- Outline: Data Conversion and Database Development
- Conversion Process
- Developing a Base Map to Support Utilities Operations
- Utility Conversion Techniques
- Field Data Acquisition
- Database Content
- Data Integration
- Quality Assurance and Quality Control
- Data Conversion Management
- Data Maintenance
- Data Migration
- Enhancing Productivity Through Applications Development
- Compelling Examples of Geographic Information System Applications
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Geographic Information System Applications
- Future Geographic Information Systems Applications and Trends
- Application Development Process
- Application Design
- Components of Application Development
- Development and Testing
- Documentation and Training
- Geographic Information Systems Data, Software, and Hardware Maintenance
- Software Maintenance
- Hardware Maintenance
- Change Management
- Change Management Agents
- Owning the Change
- Planning for a Soft Landing
- Deploying Anticipated Changes
- Creating a Stronger Organization
- Related Technologies and Systems Integration
- Related Technologies
- Geographic Information Systems Integration Benefits, Problems, and Opportunities
- Integration Requirements and Options
- Technology and Obsolescence Management
- The Technology Life Cycle
- The Value of Data
Index
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