Standard water industry tools, such as supervisory
control and data acquisition and modeling programs,
collect and store data that are currently unrelated to
time and space. With a new tool, geospatial time-series
management (GTSM), water managers can consider
anything that moves or changes through time, such as
rainfall, reservoir levels, treatment flows, and natural
stream flow. GTSM transforms data into a predictive
decision-making tool by translating the information
into the correct units and format to operate within a
single geographic information system-driven resource.
This delivers time-varying, location-specific data
instantaneously to all staff, resulting in improved decision-
making.
With GTSM, water managers can help offset the loss
of institutional knowledge supplied by now-retiring experienced
employees, thereby maximizing technology
investments. The tool has applications in water resource
and watershed management, National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System contaminant tracing, treatment
system optimization, modeling calibration, and
many other aspects of the drinking water industry. Includes figure.
| Edition : | Vol. 97 - No. 11 |
| File Size : | 1
file
, 310 KB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 5 |
| Published : | 11/01/2005 |
