CAD Drawing Requirements Developer Services Summit November 16, 2010 Presented by Donna Short

2 The Past  Drawings were submitted to New Jersey American Water in AutoCAD format  New Jersey American Water extracted needed linework from Developer’s drawing and added them to the distribution maps in AutoCAD format  New Jersey American Water submitted revised distribution maps in AutoCAD format to NJDEP for SDW permits The Past – Pre 2005 CAD

3  Drawings are submitted to New Jersey American in AutoCAD format  New Jersey American Water extracts needed linework from Developer’s drawing and adds them to the distribution maps in ArcGIS format  For projects requiring individual SDW permit applications, New Jersey American Water extracts specific project linework and provides data in ArcGIS format for submittal to NJDEP  For project in areas under Master Permits, New Jersey American Water provides an annual update to NJDEP of all proposed projects – list must match the NJDEP’s list of PAW projects. The Past – 2005 to 2010 CAD GIS

4 The Past – 2005 to 2010 (cont’d)  Current Process in place since 2005 ●Have logged over 1400 projects  Over 610 Different Applicants Utilizing over 575 different Engineers  Resulting Issues ●Over 1400 projects to track ●Countless numbers of CAD standards ●Time consuming process, regardless of SDW permit status

5  Drawings are submitted to New Jersey American Water in a standard New Jersey American Water AutoCAD format  New Jersey American Water extracts needed linework from Developer’s CAD drawing and adds to the distribution network in ArcGIS format  New Jersey American Water exports data from GIS for SDW permit submittals, Individual or Master permits The Present

6  Developers/Engineers are able to draft plans utilizing their current CAD standards or directly in New Jersey American Water standard template  New Jersey American Water provides a drawing template in AutoCAD format along with step-by-step instructions for converting objects from original layering standard into New Jersey American Water’s layering standard  Standard block symbols are utilized and provided in template file  A “scaled down” version of the original design is submitted to New Jersey American Water for approval The Present (continued)

7 Benefits  All projects submitted to New Jersey American Water are in the same format  GIS essential objects are layered so that they are easily identified and separated from nonessential GIS objects  Conversion process is easy for developers and/or engineers to follow  Allows for more timely updates to GIS and thus more timely submissions to NJDEP

8 Details of the Standard  Standard CAD drawing template with layering convention and blocks included  Attributed block symbols provided  Layering standard based on the National CAD Standard Format  Layer colors based on the One Call Format for Utilities  Step-by-step guideline for converting existing CAD drawings into New Jersey American Water Standard template file

9 Logistics  Standard is available for download from the American Water website: business-with-us/developers-customer-resources.html  First glance for developers was made available November 2009  Standard went into effect January 1, 2010

10 Results  We have seen varying levels of compliance with standard  Block symbols  Layers  Spatial accuracy  Time to input data from CAD files has decreased dramatically  Drawings are easier to interpret  Layering allows editors to grab only what they need  Consistent symbology eliminates guesswork  Act as training sessions for new employees

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