Water utilities need to manage large volumes of water asset, property and customer data for effective service delivery. However, they face considerable challenges, including inaccurate datasets and inadequate information. Likewise, isolated datasets spread across multiple unconnected systems impact data consistency and accessibility—resulting in limited integration and dependability.
Unreliable data poses a significant risk for water utilities to make rapid and well-informed decisions, such as maintenance needs for water storage facilities, pipelines and customer connections. With property data, errors in details, land use information and tenement records create issues for determining rates and land tax assessments.
Australian Spatial Analytics (ASA) helps water utilities achieve streamlined asset and property management by generating accurate data to make well-informed decisions promptly. We have demonstrated this with complex and geographically dispersed linear networks for Energy Queensland and the Queensland Department of Resources (DoR).
Our team undertook data cleaning, validation and asset data mergers to create authoritative data using the Esri Utility Network for our award-winning Energy Queensland project, which is directly transferable for water utilities and their complex water infrastructure networks. Tracking the location and details of Queensland’s electrical infrastructure is one of the world’s largest projects of its kind—a massive database of over 300,000 subnetworks. Our analysts have undertaken data checks and updates for over 53,000 sites to date.
For DoR, we conducted geometry and attribution updates for more than 21,000 road features, 70,000 addresses, and 100,000 access points in the Sunshine Coast Regional Council area in only 10 weeks, achieving a <1% error rate. This created an enhanced dataset serving multiple end users, particularly emergency services, who depend on precise information for critical first response. We also tested a new cadastral maintenance system where reliable datasets were generated using automated processes—pivotal data used in planning and decision-making processes for every development in Queensland.
We’re an alternative to offshore data services as we harness a highly skilled and dedicated group of underemployed people, addressing severe workforce shortages in the Geospatial and Engineering sectors. Our neurodiverse Australian team has undertaken bulk data cleansing and validation for over 40 clients.
ASA eliminates data sovereignty and modern slavery concerns by remunerating Australians with above-industry-standard rates. Most importantly, we create lasting social impact from our partner clients’ supply chains by establishing sustainable, long-term employment for neurodivergent young adults who face an alarmingly high 34% unemployment rate.
Find out how your water organisation can embrace neuro(diversity) to deliver effective water services at our Data Services and Talent Services pages.