GIS for the SAW Forum IMAGIN Conference- June 9, 2015

SAW Grant Program

(Stormwater, Asset Management, and Wastewater)

• Grant Program through the State of Michigan DEQ “to

accelerate the statewide use of asset management

planning practices as well as improve water quality.”

• Allowed are asset inventory/management; innovative

technologies; user charge, planning and/or design;

stormwater management plan; and construction loans.

• GIS data, software, hardware, training, and development

all included under the grants.

Topics (The Lightning Round)

• GIS Data Models

• Surveying and Mapping

• Data Collection Software and Hardware

• NASSCO Structures

• NASSCO CCTV

• Pump Stations and WWTP

• Business Risk Exposure

• MDEQ Spreadsheet

• Level of Service

• Grant Reimbursement Requests

GIS Data Models

• Community specific models

• ESRI Local Government Data Model

Pros/Cons

Add fields for condition and BRE analysis

Link to external database for condition/analysis

Surveying and Mapping

• Survey Accuracy

Survey equipment/tools

Horizontal/vertical

• DPW staff training

• AutoCAD

• QGIS open source

Data Collection

Software and Hardware

• ArcPad

• ArcGIS Online Collector App

• Field devices (iPads, Windows tablets, GPS devices, etc.)

• Leica Zeno

• CCTV software

NASSCO Structures

• National Association of Sewer Service Companies

(NASSCO) certification is required.

• NASSCO Manual Update June/July 2015

• Inspection Geodatabase

• Photos

• Operation & Maintenance fields

• Overall rating

• Level 1 observations vs. record drawings

• QA/QC of field forms

• Outfalls

NASSCO CCTV

• Software requirements

• NASSCO export format

• Calculating Pipe Rating

• “All televising and documentation must be completed in accordance with NASSCO PACP/MACP requirements…”

NASSCO Pipe Rating

Pump Stations and WWTP

• Vertical assets

• Inspection forms

• Architectural/Mechanical/Electrical/Structural

• Level/depth of assessment

• CMMS/EAM

Business Risk Exposure

Business Risk Exposure

• Service area score – State Tax Commission Land Use Codes

• Physical location score – MI Framework

MDEQ Spreadsheet

Asset information feeds MDEQ Summary

Level of Service

• Maintenance Functions

• Performance Measures

• LOS vs. Cost Estimate

Grant Reimbursement Requests

• Annual maintenance fees for software

• CCTV software?

Continuing the Conversation

Michelle Lazar, P.E., GISP

Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc.

616.464.3925

mclazar@ftch.com

Chad Collins, C.M.S.

InfoGeographics, Inc.

231.995.8266 x103

ccollins@infogeographics.com