This Public Works Department is a lean operation with diverse responsibilities. The state’s water supply is at risk due to drought and climate change, and the water they do have is vulnerable to urban/stormwater runoff and wastewater. The team must track water quality and demonstrate compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), and the California Department of Health Services (DHS). With scientists working in the field and compliance personnel in the office, they needed a better way to collect and manage data pertaining to their work.

A buying committee spanning environmental compliance analysts and specialists, water quality managers, and GIS analysts sought a cloud-based solution to simplify data collection, tracking, and compliance work related to the city’s drinking water, stormwater, reservoir data, and wastewater.

Read all about their challenges, requirements, decision factors, and the solution they chose.