Engineering and Planning Sector

GIS Directorate

Building and maintaining spatial databases, digitising water and wastewater network assets, and producing maps and spatial analysis for decision support.

Objectives

What this directorate works to achieve within the utility plan.

Digitising assets

A comprehensive spatial database for water and wastewater networks and facilities.

Maps for daily work

Maps the operations and projects teams rely on in the field.

Decision support

Spatial analysis supporting planning, prioritisation and loss detection.

Continuous updates

Keeping data current with operations and maintenance activity.

Duties and responsibilities

The main roles carried out by the directorate.

  • Producing and updating digital network maps.
  • Building and managing spatial databases.
  • Field survey and asset coordinate capture.
  • Preparing spatial analyses and reports.
  • Entering asset data and monitoring its completeness.
  • Supporting other directorates with location data and maps.

Units and sections

Organisational units within the directorate.

GIS section

Map production and spatial analysis.

Databases section

Managing and securing spatial and descriptive data.

Information systems operation unit

Data entry and day-to-day operational support.

Related services

Services the directorate provides to the public and partners.