WV Water & Sewer GIS Project presented by Dan Ferrell, Thrasher Engineering, at the WVAGP meeting 7 Dec 2010.

1. WEST VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF
GEOSPATIAL PROFESSIONALS
UPDATE ON WEST VIRGINIA COMPREHENSIVE
PLANNING STUDY
Dan Ferrell, Thrasher Engineering, Inc.

2. West Virginia Comprehensive Planning Study
Dan Ferrell, Thrasher Engineering, Inc.
 Background
 Mission of Project
 Overview of Project
 Data Collection Task Review
 GIS Task Overview

3. West Virginia Comprehensive Planning Study
Dan Ferrell, Thrasher Engineering, Inc.
 West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs
Development Council (IJDC)
◦ Created by the West Virginia Legislature in 1994
◦ Clearing house for State and Federal Funds for
water and wastewater projects
◦ Established a revolving loan fund
◦ Authorized to issue revenue bonds
◦ The Legislation requires an update every 3 years
 West Virginia Water Development Authority
(WDA)
◦ Provides loan processing and administration to
West Virginia’s water and wastewater projects

4. West Virginia Comprehensive Planning Study
Dan Ferrell, Thrasher Engineering, Inc.
WDA/IJDC – Hired Camp, Dresser, & McKee, Inc.
(CDM) and Thrasher Engineering, Inc. (TEI) to
develop comprehensive plan
 CDM – Lead organization to develop plan
 TEI – Assigned to collect data

5. West Virginia Comprehensive Planning Study
Dan Ferrell, Thrasher Engineering, Inc.
MISSION
Develop technology tools to help identify,
prioritize, manage, track and accelerate
water, wastewater, and storm water projects in
a cost-effective and efficient manner
throughout West Virginia.

6. West Virginia Comprehensive Planning Study
Dan Ferrell, Thrasher Engineering, Inc.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
 Enhance the funding process for public utility
projects
◦ More projects to construction quicker
 Develop financial tools to assist in effective
utilization of funds for utility projects
 Collect information and mapping for utilities in
West Virginia
◦ Create a Geographic Information System (GIS) to
assist in identifying areas in the state which are
served, unserved, or underserved

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DATA COLLECTION
 Over 600 water, sewer, and storm sewer
regulated utilities
 Developed a process to collect data and
mapping
 Two Primary Sources
◦ Retrieved electronic data from online sources
and State Agencies
◦ Contacted utilities to collect data and mapping
for systems

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DATA COLLECTION CONTINUED
 Mapping provided in different forms
◦ GIS
◦ Record Drawings
◦ Highlighted on USGS Quad or County Highway
Map
◦ Drawn on a napkin

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DATA COLLECTION CONTINUED
 Mapping collection items consisted of:
◦ Served Area
◦ Service Area
◦ Office Location
◦ Treatment Plant Location
◦ Master Meter Locations
 Mapping was loaded to GIS
 Completed maps were sent to utility operators
for review

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12. West Virginia Comprehensive Planning Study
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DATA COLLECTION CONTINUED
 95% of al utilities with over 500 customers have
been collected and mapped.
◦ Quality Control Maps have been sent to utilities.
 Most utilities with less than 500 customers have
been collected and mapped.
◦ Quality Control Maps have been sent to utilities.
 Still Chasing Stragglers

13. West Virginia Comprehensive Planning Study
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DATA COLLECTION CONTINUED
Issues
 Utilities not supplying information
 Variable mapping accuracy
 Inability to contact smaller utilities

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DATA COLLECTION CONTINUED
What Remains
 Collect remaining utility mapping
 Collect Service Areas (Jurisdictional
Boundaries)
 Quality Control Mapping

15. West Virginia Comprehensive Planning Study
Dan Ferrell, Thrasher Engineering, Inc.
GIS TASK OVERVIEW
 Data will be assembled and implemented in a
central GIS data environment
 A series of WebGIS applications will be
developed to support data access
 Sustainable policies and procedures will be
developed
 Manage physical location of data
 Camp, Dresser McKee will provide support
throughout duration of this project

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QUESTIONS?