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GIS Data Management for SHA’s Bay Restoration Program

This presentation provides an overview of GIS data management for Maryland State Highway Administration's Bay Restoration Program. It covers background information, restoration strategies, GIS database, GIS applications, and answers questions.

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GIS Data Management for SHA’s Bay Restoration Program

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  1. GIS Data Management for SHA’s Bay Restoration Program Jeff Tirschman, PMP

  2. Presentation Overview • Background • Restoration Strategies • GIS Database • GIS Applications • Questions

  3. Chesapeake Bay Pollution Diet TMDL Implementation • Total Maximum Daily Load • Establish Current Conditions (Baseline) • Define Impairment • Reduction in Pollution • Planned • Projected • Tracked Baseline Load (Current Condition) Reduction Load Impairment TMDL (WLA) Pollutant Level Healthy Loads 0 lbs/yr Pollutant

  4. Chesapeake Bay TMDL & Local TMDLs • Locals TMDLs Address Impairments in 8-Digit Watersheds • Bay TMDL Addresses Impairments in the Bay & its Tidal Segments

  5. Restoration Goals • 20% Impervious Area Restoration • Bay TMDL Compliance • Nitrogen • Phosphorus • Sediment • Local TMDL Compliance • Various requirements

  6. Water Quality Improvement Strategies • Restoration Strategies • Land Use Changes • Tree plantings • Impervious area removal • Impervious area to forest

  7. Water Quality Improvement Strategies • Restoration Strategies • Structural Stormwater • Wet Ponds • Bioswales • Infiltration practices • Grass swales • Retrofits

  8. Water Quality Improvement Strategies • Restoration Strategies • Load Reduction • Stream restoration • Outfall stabilization • Inlet cleaning • Street sweeping

  9. GIS Database • Centralized Database Repository • Modeled Geodatabase • Features representing project / asset locations • Attributes describing assets • Aligned to MDE Reporting Requirements

  10. Comprehensive GIS Database Design

  11. Data Storage & Management • Features • Site selection features • BMPs / assets • Attributes • Location • Dates • Credits • Impervious area treatment • Design criteria • Files

  12. Data Migration & Integration • Various Formats • MS Excel spreadsheets • MS Access databases • Shapefiles • Maximo output reports • Site selection reports • Field maps • Project summary sheets • Determine System of Record • Opportunities • Challenges

  13. Information Architecture / Accessibility • Database Integration • Web Services • Map Services • Versioned Environment • Security • Accessibility

  14. Foundation for Project Lifecycle • Planning / Watershed Improvement Plan Development • Site Selection • Design • Construction • Maintenance • Inspection • Reporting • Impervious Accounting

  15. GIS Data Collection & Tracking Tools • Site Selection • Desktop Assessment • GIS screening • Ranked sites based on various parameters • Resources • Land use / land cover • Contours • Site size • SHA ROW • Utilities

  16. GIS Data Collection & Tracking Tools

  17. GIS Applications • eGIS Bay Restoration Editor • Viewing the results in Enterprise GIS (eGIS) • Translating potential site opportunities into contracted BMP locations for credit • Understand site lineage from site selection through construction and inspection • Organize and view related documents

  18. GIS Applications • SHA Bay Restoration Viewer (Public-Facing) • View project locations • View project details • Proximity search

  19. GIS Applications http://www.roads.maryland.gov/index.aspx?pageid=333

  20. Thank You Jeff Tirschman Water Programs Division Office of Environmental Design Consultant for Maryland State Highway Administration KCI Technologies 936 Ridgebrook Road Sparks, MD 21146 410-316-7944 jeff.tirschman@kci.com

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