Small and Rural Systems

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GIS provides a foundation for your work

Maps are crucial to safe water, sewer, and stormwater services. Digital maps let crews view and collect data on mobile devices, reducing paper use and data entry, streamlining workflows, and making it easy to share information. With this Esri ebook, learn how GIS technology enables an intelligent water system.

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Discover resources for water utility workflows

Collect data

Start mapping your system by collecting data in the field. Easy-to-use applications help you build maps and populate your asset registry, supporting workflow efficiency.

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Support asset management

Assets are spatial—they all have locations, and every location has a story to tell. Using location, utilities discover patterns and trends that simple reporting cannot reveal, improving asset management results.

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Gain operational awareness

Web maps and apps connect staff inside and outside the office. Dashboards display operational views of work, specific to the user's needs. Seeing mobile activities in real time improves workflows, resulting in more work completed in less time.

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Industry blog

Boosting efficiency with data-driven decisions

A growing water district in Texas modernized operations, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and employee morale.

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Green Valley Water optimizes GIS

Leveraging ArcGIS with new technology has enabled Green Valley Water to strategically maintain, operate, and manage its wastewater collection system.

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Solutions for small and rural water systems

  • Small Utility Enterprise Agreement (SUEA)

    The SUEA will provide GIS software to build a scalable system that aligns with your business objective while optimizing your technology spending.

    More on the SUEA

  • Water Distribution, Stormwater, and Sewer Data Management

    These solutions are used to map assets, edit data, access system maps in the field and office, access asset reports, and collaborate with map notes.

    Explore the Water Distribution Data Management solution
    Explore the Stormwater Data Management solution
    Explore the Sewer Data Management solution

  • Catch Basin and Outlet Inspections

    Catch Basin and Outlet Inspections can be used to plan catch basin and outlet inspections, assign inspection activities, and manage inspection programs.

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  • Lead Service Line Inventory

    Lead Service Line Inventory can be used to develop a lead service line inventory and monitor the replacement of service lines required to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Lead and Copper Rule Revisions.

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  • Citizen Problem Reporter

    Citizen Problem Reporter can be used to solicit non-emergency requests and reports from the general public for issues such as blight, graffiti, trash, potholes, clogged drains, and flooding.

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