OHIO GIS USER GROUP

Mark Your Calendars Come join us for our next meeting . It is scheduled for September 14th. It will be held at City of Canton's Water Department. This meeting will continue to focus on GIS in action through utility system demonstrations. Highlights include: Ohio EPA, Susan Schell will update us on the Final SB2 rules. Stark County GIS will brief us on the 2018 ESRI User Conference, and discuss AM and other applications. City of Canton will present how GIS is used in the water department including hydrant flushing, asset management and other applications. Roundtable focus on Story Maps (bring your favorite) Roundtable 2 will focus on tracking AM (i.e., valve turning programs).

Ohio EPA Asset Management Regulations Recap

As of this email: the rules are currently going into signoff so they can be filed with JCARR. When the rules are final they will be accessible on the link referenced below . For more information on SB2 and Ohio EPA Asset Management Regulations follow the link by clicking here

What's New: Levels of Service (LOS) are the same for all utilities under the new rules. Five of the six LOS are the same and the sixth is selected by the utility.  Operating Ratio Operating Cost to Produce water per Service Connection Breaks per 10 Miles of Distribution Non Revenue Water (percentage loss) Maintenance Tasks per Year (planned versus emergency) One Additional Customer Service Metric (decided by water system) Other Areas of Focus for 2018 and included in Asset Management: Have a documented and trackable valve turning program in place. Have an up-to-date contingency plan available for review.

"It's All About the Data: Improving Office to Field Workflows"

If you missed the Scioto (Water One) Webinar or would like to see how they are using their mobile workorder system follow the link below to the YouTube video. James Estep and Kathie Edwards demonstrate how ESRI Workforce App integrated with their billing work order system (SSI) changed the way their utility communicates and interacts with data. Apps discussed include Workforce, Survey123 and Dashboard(s).

Doug Kotnik shared the following flyer ( mentioned in the June 8th meeting). If you are in the market for some new equipment and / or training you may want to check out Precision Laser's Road Show happening in early August in Athens, Ohio. Follow the logo link below for more information:

Thanks again for all of our participants in our GIS User Group. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments on how we can continue to improve this forum. Hope to see you in September. Mark