GIS Data Collection for Water Utilities – Astatula

The Astatula GIS Data Collection project aimed to georeference legacy planning documents, extract planned/existent features, create feature classes in the utility network schema, and field verify and locate identified system features. Our team was tasked with delivering a file geodatabase containing separate feature classes for system devices with photo attachments, water lines, and water junctions, adhering to the Esri water utility network model. The project involved database generation, field verification, revisions, and QC/QA, all completed within approximately one month.

Our team leveraged cutting-edge tools and software, such as ArcPro and unique utility network toolbox features like ‘Project and Remove Data,’ to accomplish this project. This allowed us to project the feature classes to the desired spatial reference and remove data from the feature classes, providing Urban GIS with empty feature classes based on the Utility Network schema for data collection. We overcame technical challenges associated with the use of subterranean utility locators to find underground water main lines and working with the lack of existing GIS data from the client. While collecting data in the field, our crew used the Esri Utility Network and a line locator to find and draw water lines.

The Astatula GIS Data Collection project delivered significant value to the client by providing them with a functioning, accurate GIS model of all potable water assets, which can be leveraged when deploying the Esri Utility Network model. The deliverable, designed and compiled according to the ESRI Utilities Network feature schema, will allow the client to update directly into Utilities Network topology in the future. The geodatabase contains 389 water devices features, 446 water lines segments, and 162 water junctions fittings. Our team’s efficient turnaround time and attention to detail gave the client a comprehensive, data-driven overview of their water utility assets, improving their decision-making capabilities and setting the foundation for future GIS-based analysis and management of their water utility network.