The Kentucky Water Resources Development Commission (WRDC) was created to develop
a strategic plan for ensuring that every Kentucky household has access to potable
water by the year 2020. Implicit in a project of such scope and complexity is the
need to develop and maintain: extensive and detailed data and information;
sophisticated tools for the identification, evaluation, analysis and comparison
of factors vital to potable water demand and supply; and, methodologies for
effectively communicating conclusions, plans and solutions. To support these
requirements, the WRDC is applying geographic information system (GIS)
technology. The GIS will support a wide range of applications involving the
management, retrieval and analysis of land- and water-related data. It will serve
as a tool for integrating many types of systems and data sets that contain
spatial information and will provide WRDC with sophisticated analytical
capabilities. Implementation of the WRDC's GIS requires widespread cooperation
and support at the state, regional and local levels, committed management and a
significant investment in technology. This paper discusses the comprehensive GIS
planning effort undertaken by the WRDC in which functional requirements were
identified, the system was designed for optimum productivity and an efficient
implementation was planned. In addition, the paper summarizes the water resources
planning and management issues that will be addressed by this ambitious GIS. Includes table, figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| Number of Pages : | 13 |
| Published : | 01/01/1999 |
