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Tuesday 18 October 2005: Session 2, 2:30:00 PM
GIS Mapping of Halfmoon Township Water System
Presentation Abstract
This session will demonstrate the use of GIS for managing small rural water systems utilizing a case study approach. The Upper Halfmoon Water Company will discuss its use of GIS for infrastructure management. Discussion will focus on practical issues related to implementing GIS for water system management including data collection, management and analysis. Development of county-wide efforts to build GIS databases of small water systems will also be discussed.
Speaker Biographical Information
Ben Pisoni Manager: Upper Halfmoon Water Company
Ben is the systems manager for the Upper Halfmoon Water Company in Halfmoon Township located in Centre County, PA.
Rick Day Director, Associate Professor: RGIS Penn State - Geospatial Technology Program, Land Analysis Lab
Dr. Day is an Associate Professor of Soil Science and Environmental Information Systems in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State University. His current position is divided among cooperative extension, resident education, and research. He serves as Director of the Land Analysis Laboratory, Director of the Cooperative Extension Geospatial Technology Program, and Director of the Penn State – Chesapeake site of the National Consortium for Rural Geospatial Innovations (RuralGIS). Dr. Day has over 24 years of experience in geospatial sciences. Dr. Day’s extension activities focus on technology transfer of geospatial information system technologies to users throughout Pennsylvania and the surrounding region for use in environmental assessment, agriculture, K-12 education, local government, and land use planning and management. Dr. Day’s research interests include (1) the development of new applications of advanced geospatial technologies in natural resource, agricultural, and environmental studies, and (2) field soil science emphasizing soil physical properties and processes. Basic research interests have been in spatial data analysis, soil morphology, soil hydrologic processes, watershed hydrology, and nutrient and sediment transport modeling. Applied research is focused on the application of advanced information system technologies such as geographic information systems, remote sensing, terrain analysis, global positioning systems and computer modeling, to environmental assessment and management.
