The West Virginia Water Development Authority (WDA) and the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council (IJDC) anticipate that over the next five years, $200 to $325 million will be available annually for funding water, wastewater and storm water infrastructure projects. To maximize the use of these funds and address the needs of the unserved and underserved population of West Virginia, WDA and IJDC retained Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. (CDM) to help them reinvent their existing funding process and develop technology tools, including this Geographic Information System (GIS), to help manage, prioritize, track, and accelerate the planning and completion of infrastructure projects.

CDM Smith (CDM) – a worldwide, full-service consulting, engineering, construction and operations firm – led the effort to complete this innovative state-wide project. CDM teamed with the West Virginia engineering firm Thrasher Engineering, Inc. (TEI) to collect and develop extensive GIS data and through this partnership, we combined TEI’s 25 years of local water and wastewater experience with CDM’s national water, wastewater, stormwater, and technology planning experience.

This GIS application, developed by CDM, provides a portal to the IJDC’s GIS and project management environments and is based on Esri’s ArcGIS Server, Esri’s Javascript API, and SQL Server technologies. Utility mapping data referenced by this application was developed by CDM and TEI. Other data referenced through this application was acquired through State of West Virginia data sources and publically-available map services. For more information about this application, please email Jayson Brennen of CDM at brennenjd@cdmsmith.com or learn more at www.cdmsmith.com.

Development and implementation of this state-wide project was a collaborative effort that included dedicated staff from many state agencies and firms. The GIS project development team included:

• Chris Jarrett – Executive Director, WV WDA
• Jim Ellars – Executive Director, WV IJDC
• Angela Chestnut – former Executive Director, WV IJDC
• Tony Simental – WV GIS Coordinator, WV Office of GIS Coordination
• MATE Engineering - Ron Belcastro
• CDM Smith – Paul Pinault, Dan DePra, Jayson Brennen, Marianne MacDonald, Dan Monego
• Thrasher Engineering, Inc. – Dan Farrell, Eric Sherrard

In addition, several other technology solutions were being implemented simultaneously with this project. These include project management, financial, and document management software solutions. The dedicated project team for this effort included:

• The Solution Design Group, Inc. – technology coordination
• Dream Catcher Creative – project portal and database development
• EnABLE Technologies and TechPG – bond and financial software
• ImageServ and Metasource – document management
• Advanced Technical Solutions, LLC – hosting environment

Functionality of and data accessed through this application will be expanded over time.

The West Virginia Infrastructure & Jobs Development Council can be reached at:

            West Virginia Infrastructure & Jobs Development Council
            180 Association Drive, Charleston, West Virginia 25311
            T - (304) 414 - 6501
            F - (304) 414 - 0866

If you have questions regarding State of West Virginia infrastructure projects and funding, please use the contact form located here.

If you have questions regarding the GIS data or GIS application, please email gis@wvwda.org.