Through this project, data and quality
products were provided for the CRPWD.
The City of Rochester requested the
development of a demonstration
subdivision that could be used to model
the flow of the sanitary sewer system for
quick access in case of a pipe blockage
emergency and to develop a storm utility
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charge example. Through this
demonstration they also wanted a pilot
geodatabase that combined all the sewer
data into one large database and a
demonstration of a use of ArcIMS they
could use to access data fast and also
distribute information to the public.
This project accomplished these tasks.
It was recommend that the
CRPWD take a close look at all of the
models that were generated for the sewer
systems, the geodatabase, and the
ArcIMS demonstration to see the
benefits of each. Benefits included that
as soon as a pipe emergency is received,
it can be located on a map and potential
future emergencies can be identified
immediately. The pilot geodatabase was
invaluable along with a networked
system to eliminate error. It allowed all
information to be accessed with speed
and accuracy.
Future studies could be done to
look at the storm water runoff to see its
environmental effects on water bodies.
There are about 5,000 city parcels that
were not classified as residential,
industrial or commercial that need to be
studied for charging information. Future
sewer studies should work with a larger
area and take into account the individual
parcel sanitary pipe connected to the
building instead of just the main line.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank our graduate
committee of Dr. David McConville,
Professor John Ebert, and Rochester GIS
coordinator Ryan Moore. We want to
thank Ryan Moore also for his guidance
in developing the project and technical
assistance. We also want to thank
Barbara Huberty for guidance with the
environmental aspects of the project and
the rest of the City of Rochester, Public
Works Department for their engineering
and technical assistance. We greatly
appreciate Scott Carlson of ProAcq of
Winona for giving us a demonstration of
gathering sewer flow data and letting us
use it in our project. We also offer our
thanks to Martin Murphy and Martha
Roldan for analyzing and proof reading
our paper and powerpoint and John
Gabbert for getting us in touch with
Scott Carlson. Christianne Slivinski for
assisting with double column edits.