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Apr 26, 2012
Development of a National GIS Database for Municipal Water and Wastewater Pipe Infrastructure System
Authors: Sunil Sinha [email protected], Randy Dymond, Rahul Vemulapally, Thomas Dickerson, and Seth PerryAuthor Affiliations
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers
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The problems posed by aging infrastructure are receiving increased attention in the United States, thanks to critical reports by the American Society of Civil Engineers, and in some cases, due to public outcry in the wake of infrastructure failures. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a special interest in the operations and management of public drinking water and sanitary sewer systems. Infrastructure utilities are facing increasing pressure to implement advanced asset management plans in order to improve the efficiency with which their systems are operated and maintained. As a result, most utility operators are actively working to develop GIS mapping and databases of their pipe networks. However, there is no standard data model for water or sewer systems, thus each utility has developed its own method for storing data; this has created complex problems associated with multi-jurisdictional planning activities, research, and oversight.
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Computing in civil engineering
- Databases
- Environmental engineering
- Geographic information systems
- Geomatics
- Information Technology (IT)
- Infrastructure
- Lifeline systems
- Municipal wastewater
- Municipal water
- Pipeline systems
- Pipelines
- Pipes
- Surveying methods
- Utilities
- Wastewater management
- Water (by type)
- Water and water resources
- Water management
- Water pipelines
- Water treatment
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Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Room No. 121, Patton Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061,. E-mail: [email protected]
Randy Dymond
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Room No. 121, Patton Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Rahul Vemulapally
Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Room No.118C, Patton Hall, Blacksburg, 24061.
Thomas Dickerson
Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Room No.118C, Patton Hall, Blacksburg, 24061.
Seth Perry
Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Room No.118C, Patton Hall, Blacksburg, 24061.
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