201253 smith, lindsay gis for remote essential service delivery

8/2/2019 201253 Smith, Lindsay GIS for Remote Essential Service Delivery

1/14

GIS

for Remote Essential ServiceDelivery


2/14

Northern Exposure 2012

Lindsay Smith

Manager Community Infrastructure Development

Remote Operations

Power and Water Corporation


3/14

Agenda

Who We Are

Challenges

Opportunities

Requirements Solutions

Questions

Audience ideas


4/14

Who are Remote Operations

PWC provide these essential

services through not-for-profitsubsidiary IES Pty Ltd

SLA between DLGHRS and PWC

Delivery through PWC staff,

contractors (R&M, Capex) Essential Service Operators

(day-day operations)

Remote Operations are a business unit within Power and Water that

delivers power, water and sewerage services to 72 Indigenouscommunities across the Northern Territory


5/14

Small Communities (Outstations)

Typically outstation communitiespop.


6/14

Challenges

We provide power, water andsewerage services to over 35,000people

20 Growth Towns

52 remote communities

66 outstations

Remote Operations has a unique set of

service delivery challenges


7/14

Challenges

We face a range ofunique conditions

ageing infrastructure

vast distances

extreme environments

Increasing population isolated individual networks


8/14

Challenges & Opportunities

Remote Operations faces new challenges and opportunities arising

from the NT Emergency Response and Closing the Gap initiative

Significant growth in development activities

Police, Education, Health and Housing

Major changes in land tenure arrangements

Cadastral surveys

Establishment of Growth Towns within NT PlanningScheme

Liaison with a large number of stakeholders

NT Government

Australian Government

Private sector


9/14

SLAP


10/14

Facilities Information System


11/14

RequirementsExploring the functionality of a GIS to support improvements in thedelivery of essential services to remote communities.

Logistics management

Greater visibility of infrastructure Asset management

Increasing water/energy demand

Unsustainable supply in some regions Groundwater modelling

Improved metering and billing

Network modelling Integrate waterGEMS into GIS

External datasets AAPA

Cadastre

Aerial photography

Storm surge, flood zone

Geological

Topographical


12/14

SolutionsIntroduction of an integrated utility GIS to improve service delivery

standards to Indigenous communities

Planning

Improved maintenance schedules

Capital delivery

Asset management

Reduced cost less site visits

Assessment Development proposals

Infrastructure capacity constraints

Automated Dial Before You Dig service

Aboriginal Areas Protection Authorityclearances

Reporting

Consumption, smart metering

Faults and outages


13/14

Solutions

Maximo and ESRI

Power & Waters new

Asset Management System


14/14

Questions?

[email protected]

[email protected]

201253 smith, lindsay gis for remote essential service delivery

Documents