1. Effective use of GIS in
Municipal Utilities
City of Stevens Point Public Utilities
Joel Lemke Director
Eric Southworth GIS Technician
2. Brief Overview of Department(s)
Water Distribution & Waste WaterTreatment
The water utility has been in operation since 1922 with the
wastewater treatment plant being run under the same department.
Sanitary Sewer Collection System (Jan-2008)
Transfer from City DPW operation to utility operation to improve
maintenance operation and to assist in paying for capital
improvements.
Stormwater Utility (Jan-2013)
Officially created by ordinance in March of 2012, the new utility will
start collecting rates in 2013. Maintenance needs and capital
improvement costs were the driving forces for the creation.
Water Department assets drove the initial creation of a utility GIS.
PILOT payment requirements being the central issue.
3. Birth of a utility GIS
In 1999-2000 the creation of a web-based GIS system was
contracted
ArcIMS paired with SQL was used.
Then-current technology was dial-up cell connections. Very slow.
Toughbooks with vehicle mounts were used in the field application.
ArcInfo/ArcEditor were the desktop software packages used for
drafting.
Maps kept by the City Engineering Department were converted.
No spatial reference, service lines, attributes, etc. Conversion of all
service records to electronic format.
Service cards, hydrant cards, valve cards, and job sheets
converted to image files
All records that were filed since the utility was created in 1922.
Data collection of infrastructure begins (RTK GPS and Aerials)
4. Using GIS in Municipal Utilities
Ø Equipment
Ø Current Use of End Product
Ø Future GIS Application (in Progress)
Ø Maps for Customers
Ø Asset Management
Ø Future GIS Uses
