1. Using WIMS to Gain Reporting Efficiencies, Consistencies, and Improved Communication
Rippling Water
(Basic)
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2. Outline Who is Helix Water District? Successes Lessons Learned
Recommendations
Future Plans

3. Helix Water district

4. Helix Water District Just east of San Diego
Serve ~274,000 customers plus ~250,000 customers of surrounding districts
106 MGD conventional filtration plant with intermediate ozone
Implemented WIMS for DDW and internal plant reporting beginning in 2014

5. successes

6. Successes Everyone has access to relevant data from different sources
Interfaces allow data from various sources to be automatically
Critical SCADA data is now getting looked at and QC’d daily – errors found and fixed!
No longer have to tape SCADA trends together or re-do reports each time new data is needed
Opportunities for error and inconsistencies have been minimized
Logic implemented to determine if regulatory triggers exceeded

7. Online Analyzers versus Lab Grab Sample Report

8. Distribution System Tank Residual versus Plant Effluent

9. Lead in Schools

10. Lessons learned

11. Lessons Learned
Staff time required for implementation, training, and troubleshooting is significant
Full utilization of the software could easily be a full time job
Need a champion with knowledge in writing advanced Excel formulas, Boolean logic, and/or SQL who also understands the reporting process
There is a difference between entry forms and reports!
Graph Pac is limited in capability, so some things may need to stay in Excel

12. recommendations

13. Recommendations Make entry forms for data coming through an interface
Plan to have several training sessions spaced at least a few months apart
Plan to have an as-needed contract to help get new items set up and/or train new users
Import historical data
Keep entry forms as similar to existing as possible to help minimize change
Document, document, document and have several parties involved to help with knowledge transfer

14. Future plans

15. Future Plans
Distribution system reporting is being developed to include:
Calculation of runoff into storage account,
Use of CSV interface to pull raw gauge height into WIMS,
Production of reports for storage, usage, rainfall, and plant production
Projection reporting
Power use and cost data
Dashboards for Executive Management and Board of Directors
Add buttons to operator dashboard for access to documents such as regs and SOPs
Incorporation of jar test data into WIMS

16. Questions