Bert Curtis said the city of Davis’ water infrastructure is mapped in his head, after working in the public utilities department for more than three decades. Now that map is on the web, and the division director’s employees can find water meters and fire hydrants using an iPad. “I’ve been here for 36 years, so I can pretty well remember where everything is,” Curtis said. “But I’m eventually going to retire.”
It would cost about $100,000 to hire an engineer to find all the city’s manholes, valves, water and wastewater pipelines and stormwater drains, he said. The Journal Record (http://bit.ly/2duGIhE) reports that Davis is among five other small cities and rural water districts that have upgraded their maps using modern technology and free assistance from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.
