Getting to Know the Water Utility Network Editor

Water utilities rely on GIS to be an authoritative repository of information about their distribution systems.  This information is used for many purposes including asset management, representing the current operational state of the network, supporting hydraulic modeling, outage management, capital planning, field work, regulatory compliance, reporting, and stakeholder communication.  Accurate and up to date GIS data is essential to all those uses.

To help organizations keep water distribution network information up to date Esri provides a free  Water Distribution Utility Network Editor .  

Using the Water Distribution Utility Network Editor as a basis for deploying a desktop GIS editing environment helps mapping technicians increase productivity and decrease editing errors. 

The Water Distribution Utility Network Editor sets up  ArcGIS Pro  as a desktop data editing app for the  Water Distribution Utility Network Foundation .  It includes preconfigured maps for data editing and quality control workflows.

Desktop GIS continues to be an essential app for water utilities, particularly for mapping technicians that spend the bulk of their day performing large volumes of high precision data edits.  

Unlike having to invest significant time and cost into setting up a desktop GIS for editing water distribution network data, utilities can rapidly deploy the Water Distribution Utility Network Editor.

The included Water Network Editor Map uses symbology optimized to support efficient editing and reduce errors.  Scale suppression and display filters are set to make map navigation easy.  Editing templates are provided for rapid and uniform creation of features.

The included Water Data Audit Map uses definition queries and symbols optimized to help users spot and fix data errors.

Out of the box, the Water Distribution Utility Network Editor is preconfigured for the  Water Utility Network Foundation.  Utilities can modify the maps to better suit individual needs.

Typical editing workflows are documented to assist with user training.  Organizations can easily create additional workflow guides to build out standard editing workflows.

The Water Distribution Utility Network Editor accelerates deploying a desktop GIS environment for editing water distribution networks.

Unlike having to spend time and resources setting up ArcGIS Pro as a custom desktop editing environment for water distribution networks, you will save cost and time deploying the Water Distribution Utility Network Editor.  This will enable a more rapid deployment of a uniform, efficient, and well documented desktop GIS editing experience for mapping technicians.  

By relying on the Water Distribution Utility Network Editor you will also reduce implementation risk and increase system resilience because it is a fully supported Esri product.   

The Water Distribution Utility Network Editor is part of ArcGIS Solutions for Water, which is a collection of focused tools and workflows for water, sewer, and stormwater utilities.  Visit the  ArcGIS Solutions Website  for more information.