GIS - Public Sewer / Water
GIS - Public Sewer / Water
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Hello. As a mechanical engineer with access to the full AEC collection suite, and decided to start tinkering around with Civil3D and Infraworks. I just started diving into the world of GIS data, parcels, and Lidar elevation data. I'm enjoying the learning process and blown away by the data available to the public. My family is looking to develop our own family compound, so this data if very useful when doing preliminary concepts and finding suitable parcels.
My question is with regards to public sewers and water mains. Is this GIS data something the local municipalities have available to the public? It would be great to know where public connections would be made when looking at potential properties. FYI I'm doing this as a hobby / personal land development with the intention of handing to a civil PE for final drawings / plans.
Thank you for your help.
My question is with regards to public sewers and water mains. Is this GIS data something the local municipalities have available to the public? It would be great to know where public connections would be made when looking at potential properties. FYI I'm doing this as a hobby / personal land development with the intention of handing to a civil PE for final drawings / plans.
Thank you for your help.
RE: GIS - Public Sewer / Water
In regards to determining where the water runs you would want to look at the neighbors to see if they are on city or well water. If they are on wells then there would not likely be a main on the street.
For sewer again look to see if there is a septic field in front of the neighboring properties.
This information may also be available on water treatment annual reports for water and sewer in your municipality.
You can also look for a storm water drainage study also which may sho you where storm sewers are located.
You should also look for natural gas meters on houses to see if they are serviced and you would need to call the telecommunication companies to see if the high speed internet is available on the nearest poles or buried lines.
RE: GIS - Public Sewer / Water
RE: GIS - Public Sewer / Water
Here is an example of GIS that is available at one community:
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RE: GIS - Public Sewer / Water
Most localities - at least on the east coast make at least some use of GIS, and many of them have public access portals.
You can hunt for more obscure GIS portals like this one National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) Public Viewer https://pvnpms.phmsa.dot.gov/PublicViewer/ depending on how far you want to carry your search for information.
A well organized GIS portal can look like this one from Washington D. C. https://dcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MinimalGallery/...