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Geographical Information Geographical Information System (GIS) at System (GIS) at Downers Grove Sanitary Downers Grove Sanitary District (DGSD) District (DGSD) How did we survive without it? How did we survive without it? CSWEA CSWEA April 10, 2008 April 10, 2008 DeKalb, IL , IL DeKalb

Downers Grove Sanitary District Downers Grove Sanitary District � 11 MGD WWTC 11 MGD WWTC � � 20,000 customers 20,000 customers � � 9 Remote Lift Stations 9 Remote Lift Stations � � 235 Miles of Sewer 235 Miles of Sewer � � 5,700 Manholes 5,700 Manholes � � Oldest Sewers: 1904 Oldest Sewers: 1904 �

WHAT IS GIS? WHAT IS GIS? � Geographical Information System Geographical Information System � � Database behind desktop computer map Database behind desktop computer map � � No limit to information you can store and No limit to information you can store and � recall (file room) recall (file room) � Powerful tool for identifying geographic Powerful tool for identifying geographic � patterns (push- -pin maps) pin maps) patterns (push

Assembling A GIS Assembling A GIS

DGSD Applications DGSD Applications � Sewer Maintenance Sewer Maintenance � � I/I Program Management I/I Program Management � � Overflows and Backups Overflows and Backups � � Lift Stations Lift Stations � � Asset Planning Asset Planning � � Construction Construction �

� Modern Plat Modern Plat � Book Book

Database Database in the in the Background Background

I/I I/I Flow Flow Monitoring Monitoring

Tracking Tracking Rehabilitation Rehabilitation Work Work

Tracking Tracking Backups and Backups and Overflows Overflows

Planning Future Sewers Planning Future Sewers

Documenting Construction Documenting Construction

Things We Don’ ’t Do With GIS (Yet) t Do With GIS (Yet) Things We Don � Hydraulic Modeling Hydraulic Modeling � � Asset Accounting Asset Accounting � � Detailed Engineering Design Detailed Engineering Design �