1.
City of Houston Storm Water Section

2.
Storm Water Maintenance is currently responsible for maintaining more than
3,500 miles of storm water lines, 3,000 miles of roadside ditches, 75 miles of
off-road ditches, and 160,000 inlets and manholes in the City of Houston

3.
Houston faces potential natural disasters
every summer. Through out the year
Storm Water Maintenance repair and clean
Storm Water lines.

4.
Houston Storm Water Projects
12 Teams
• 5 members per team
• 1office personnel per
team and 4 field
personnel
Jobs
3 year
cycle
personnel
• 20 printed ESRI maps
per week
• 10 shared maps with
edited data
• Check 60,00 inlets and
manholes per year
• Inspected 240 miles of
Storm Lines per year

5.
Obstacles
We had very unorganized way of storing
completed map (Maps were folded and put in
the file cabinet)
There was no way of accessing maps at offsite
locations
The printed maps became damaged becauseThe printed maps became damaged because
of daily handling
Maps were lost because of human error and
the project had to be reassigned to another
crew to be completed again.
Updates to GIMS process took over 3 weeks
to make any changes.

6.
Powered by ESRI the City of Houston
Graphic information & management system

7.
New improved Workflow
A section is assigned to a field crew.
Office personnel plots a map using ESRI and
print a 34’ x 40’ using Hp T2300
The printed file is saved and shared with all
office personnel
Filed personnel check for errors and newFiled personnel check for errors and new
additions to the Storm Water Line and make
corrections on printed maps
Completed edited maps are scanned and
shared with GIMS teams via our database.
GIMS teams makes corrections with in 2 days
of receiving edited maps.

8.
Plotted map printed and scanned using Hp
T2300 eMFP

9.
Database used with HP Slate 500 to enter data
at offsite locations

10.
Network Connected Design Jet
Design Jet 4000

11.
We upgraded our plotter with the
HP Designjet T2300 eMFP

12.
ePrint & Share online Library
HP Print &
Share

13.
Benefits of using HP T2300 eMFP
Capture
• Printed and
Modified Maps
Share
• Instantly share
maps with EP&S
from list of
Store
• Maps are stored
in online Library
with different
Modified Maps
• Built in scanner
quickly scan
maps either to
EP&S , Network
or Usb drive.
maps with EP&S
from list of
contacts
• Saves time from
delivering
scanned maps in
person
in online Library
with different
printing options
• Access maps
from offsite
locations using
online Library.

14.
Plans for the Future