PIPEiD
NATIONAL WATER PIPELINE DATABASE
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Numerous water sector management practitioners have stated an urgent need to have a unified platform for the nation's water pipeline infrastructure data and information that is universally accessible and useful. Such a platform, PIPEiD (Pipeline Infrastructure Database), is envisioned to provide access to the data sources, tools, and models that enable the analysis, simulation, visualization, and evaluation of the behavior of pipeline infrastructure. PIPEiD will assist the users in more effective management of these assets for resiliency and sustainability.
No single data, modeling, or analysis system will meet every need for every user. But there is scientific basis and strength in pursuing complementary efforts while evolving to a more integrated, centralized platform of capabilities where the whole is more than the sum of the parts and new, transformative capabilities emerge that will help water utilities to sustain targeted level of service with acceptable risk for pipeline infrastructure systems.
PIPEiD will provide the database platform to allow a practitioner to address all three major water infrastructure asset management levels: strategic, tactical, and operational, and for water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities of all sizes.
More than 500 water utilities and 100 federal facilities across the country participated in the research study.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) under the U.S. Congressional Direction funded this project. After Flint water crisis, numerous water sector management practitioners have stated an urgent need to have a unified platform for the nation's water pipeline infrastructure data, information, and knowledge that is universally accessible and useful for analysis. Such a web-based platform, PIPEiD (www.pipeid.org), is envisioned to provide access to the data sources, tools, and models that enable the data analysis, simulation, visualization, and evaluation of the behavior of pipeline. PIPEiD will assist utilities in a more effective risk management. 700 Utilities and 100 Federal Facilities in U.S. and around 55 International Water Utilities (Canada, Australia, and Europe) are also participating in the research project.
The U.S. Congressional Reports: https://www.swim.cee.vt.edu/congressional-reports/
Contact: Sunil Sinha, ssinha@vt.edu
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