Online Master Planning – Using the Web to Track and Plan System Capacity

The City of Santa Rosa, Utilities Department (City) has been utilizing consultants to support hydraulic modeling and master planning services. These services have helped the City identify and solve critical capacity ‘bottlenecks’ which would potentially cause sewer overflows (spills) if these problems are not resolved.The City recognize the need to continually track sewer connections and resulting impacts on the collection system. With limited City resources to support in-house modeling, the City was presented with an alternative approach for finding and tracking capacity information via an online web-based planning and modeling service. This paper describes a new alternative platform for delivering master planning and modeling services with the following key benefits:• Instant access to model and planning results via web-enabled technology• Reduce software costs and training for client• Quick response time to client requests ideal for emergency based scenarios• Cost effective delivery of model results via web-enabled technology• Enable client to ‘share’ results within client organizationThis paper should be of interest to planners, modelers, and design engineers faced with tracking and resolving capacity issues in conveyance, storage, or treatment facilities.