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Water Utilities Data Model

Data Model User Group

Join the data model user group if you are an existing ArcGIS customer and want to learn more about design and architecture of personal or enterprise Geodatabase and become a part of ESRI’s growing data model community.

We invite user group members to participate in a series of instructional web casts. Please fill out the data model survey to give us feedback on what web casts you would like to see.

Date Submitted: July 9, 2001
Last Modified: April 1, 2009

The ArcGIS Water Utilities Data Model provides the foundation for a complete GIS solution geared to the needs of Water/Sewer Stormwater utility end users. The Water/Sewer Stormwater Data Model is a collection of objects, feature classes and attributes defined for water and wastewater distribution networks. The model can be tailored to meet project requirements for data management and integration with other systems.

For more information contact Lori Armstrong. And for a link to the downloadable ArcScript developer samples click Team Water.

User Forums

Visit the ESRI data model discussion forum to share your ideas, thoughts, and questions with other users.

Downloads - Case Studies

These Case Studies are a good starting point to learn about best practices for this discipline. These project examples include sample geodatabases, map documents, and documentation.

Montgomery AL design poster ArcGIS Water Utility DataModel.pdf - zip format, 6485kb (submitted 06/30/2003)
Water Utilities Data Model Webcast wmv file recording of live webcast - wmv format, 51598kb (submitted 12/07/2004)
ArcSDE Tuning Presentation given to Water/Wastewater Utilities .ppt - ppt format, 1410kb (submitted 06/09/2005 - updated 02/05/2007)

Downloads - Design Templates

The Design Templates are the result of the community-based design process. The general concepts and terms for this discipline are described here. Tools and examples to create a template data model are also included for advanced users.

Data Model Reference Book - pdf format, 9776kb (submitted 02/11/2002)
Tips and Tricks for Data Models - URL format (submitted 08/07/2003)
Water Utilities Conceptual Design Document Visio doc and gif image - zip format, 680kb (submitted 07/01/2005)
Waste Water Design Template vsd, txt, mdb, and gif - zip format, 3714kb (submitted 08/03/2005)
Sanitary Sewer Design Template vsd, XMI, and 9.2 file GDB - zip format, 1568kb (submitted 03/09/2007)
Water Utility Design Template vsd, XMI, and 9.2 file GDB - zip format, 1487kb (submitted 03/09/2007)
Simplified Sewer Database .xml, .vsd, .gdb, .dtd, and .txt - zip format, 1579kb (submitted 02/20/2008)
Simplified Water Utilities Database .xml, .vsd, .gdb, .dtd, and .txt - zip format, 1525kb (submitted 02/20/2008)
Simplified Stormwater Database .xml, .vsd, .gdb, .pdf, .dtd, and .txt - zip format, 1874kb (submitted 04/23/2008)
Sewer Treatment Plant Data Model .gdb, .xml, .pdf, .vsd, and .txt - zip format, 12205kb (submitted 07/09/2008)
Water Treatment Plant Conceptual Data Models .pdf, .vsd, and .txt - zip format, 866kb (submitted 04/01/2009)

Downloads - Tools

These tools have been developed together with the data models to provide new ways to leverage each industry specific model. They are designed to work with the data model templates and case studies, and can be used with the model, or with other data sets. These tools can be found on ArcScripts, and are not supported ESRI software.

Water Utility Tools Water Utility Tools - URL format (submitted 11/27/2006)

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