Santa Barbara Strengthens Field Data Collection With A New Mobile GIS Workflow

The City of Santa Barbara, California, located roughly 90 miles north of Los Angeles, supplies water to approximately 95,000 residents. Given California's proneness to droughts, state water suppliers face operational challenges surrounding conservation, water-loss prevention, and system maintenance.

In 2014, Santa Barbara's Public Works Department team determined that they needed to modernize and optimize their existing water system. To do so, they set forth an ambitious goal of replacing all 27,500 of the city's water meters within five years.