Inventory management system for water supply network

Abstract

In this paper, inventory management system for water supply network is presented. Considering the existing experience in telecommunications network management area, we have made comparison between basic aspects of telecommunications network management and water supply network management. As a first step, we have detected the need for developing water supply network inventory system, covering configuration management functional area. The main goal of this system is to collect, process and store inventory data through graphical user interface, to be presented to network operating personnel. Related work is researched and briefly presented. After that, the inventory management system solution is presented. Complete network structure is modelled as information model in Data Warehouse. Graphical user interface, developed in web technology with Google maps as background, with basic knowledge integrated, is presented. Some basic functions of GUI (graphical user interface) are discussed, such as: logging of network maintenance and repair actions, network planning support and reporting. Finally, we have tried to define future steps for evolution of this inventory management system in complete water supply network solution. Hence, we have made basic discussion related to technical aspects of real-time data collecting in water supply networks, introducing performance and fault management functional areas in water supply network management.