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ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE AT THE AWWA IMTECH
GIS/MODELING TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
Portland, OR USA, March, 21 2010 –
IDModeling co-presented with Black & Veatch and ESRI during a
half-day workshop on the topic of Geographic Information System (GIS)
and hydraulic model integration at the Customer Service/Information
Management Technology (CS/IMTech) conference in Portland, OR this past
March. This workshop provided an opportunity for water and wastewater
managers, engineers and GIS professionals to discuss best-practices to
develop and maintain sustainable hydraulic models using asset
information from a GIS. The focus of this workshop included topics such
as strategies for ensuring data integrity, improving hydraulic model
development workflows, and identifying and resolving hydraulic model
maintenance issues.
A key component
to the success of this workshop was audience participation through the
various discussions that were drawn from real-world situations in which
utility managers, engineers, and modelers are exposed to on a daily
basis. In addition, the results of a GIS and hydraulic model
integration survey conducted on hydraulicmodel.com
(http://www.hydraulicmodel.com) were also presented. This survey
provided further insight on the direction of the water/wastewater
industry with regards to integrating GIS with their hydraulic models.
“Integrating GIS with hydraulic models is an emerging and very relevant
topic in the industry as it focuses on sustainability and saving costs
for utilities. Workshops such as this are important to keep up with
this continually evolving subject matter.” says Michael Pulley , GIS
Programmer from the Eugene Water & Electric Board in Eugene, OR.
“Today, advances in information management are allowing organizations
to integrate traditionally separate information systems and
applications; saving time, ease of use and cost”, says Lori Armstrong,
ESRI Global Water/Wastewater Industry Manager. “This workshop
successfully demonstrated these advances as well as the synergy that is
created when organizations collaborate to develop best-practices for
our industry.
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IDModeling is a specialized Engineering Technology Company, employing
advanced hydraulic modeling solutions to enable water/wastewater
utilities to upgrade, maintain, and operate their infrastructure
assets, reduce energy and carbon emissions, improve water quality, and
comply with mandatory government environmental, health and safety
regulations. IDModeling delivers engineering technology applications
through hydraulic modeling, focusing on computer model construction,
calibration, GIS/SCADA integration, infrastructure planning, CIP
optimizations, energy management, system operational strategies, and
customized training & support. Bringing a customer-first approach,
IDModeling works with utilities and consultants to help satisfy SBE,
MBE, and DBE requirements. IDModeling has served clients in over 20
states from regional office locations in Pasadena-CA, Irvine-CA,
Wakefield-RI, Kansas City-MO, Tacoma-WA, Albuquerque-NM, Centennial-CO,
and Tampa-FL. For more information, visit www.idmodeling.com.
Contact
Mr. Rajan Ray
Technology Director
rajanray@idmodeling.com
(401) 787-2040
Training Contact
training@idmodeling.com
Employment Contact
careers@idmodeling.com
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