Developing design specifications for water resources system software to support spatial analytics

加拿大的水资源部门提供基本服务，使负责任的用水成为可能(例如， 消耗、提取、排放、处理)我们宝贵的淡水资源。水和废水 治疗(WWT)设施必须报告其监测活动的结果，以满足国家 绩效标准，虽然现在已经制定了国家废水排放战略(自2009年以来)， 水处理设施通常孤立地报告和解释他们的数据，而不考虑 发生在WWT设施的上游或下游的空间上下文中。Eramosa Engineering Inc.提供 为水利和能源领域的客户提供各种专业的工程服务。其中一些 他们的主要客户包括加拿大的市政WWT，他们为越来越多的客户提供服务 能效部门(如太阳能电池板设施)。事实上，Eramosa的报告和信息系统 软件(e.RIS)正在迅速成为加拿大水和废水报告的行业标准。这 软件允许市政客户执行各种任务；例如，创建报告、图表、导出数据、查看警报 通过他们的工作站、台式机或喜爱的移动设备等。Eramosa是一家具有前瞻性思维的公司 认识到需要为其客户提供可视化其高分辨率时间序列的能力 空间环境中的数据。拟议的NSERC Engage项目将允许瑞尔森城市水务公司的研究人员 (斯蒂芬妮·梅尔斯博士和她的实验室)合作创建设计规范和伪 为能够执行空间分析和空间数据可视化的新版本的e.RIS编写代码。这 将是一项进步和有价值的服务，既能让Eramosa满意，又能帮助扩大Eramosa的客户群。是这样的 此外，创新还将使加拿大公众受益，因为它能够对 我们都依赖于水资源。

The water resources sector in Canada provides essential services that enable responsible water use (e.g., consumption, extraction, discharge, treatment) of our valuable freshwater resources. Water and wastewater treatment (WWT) facilities are required to report results of their monitoring activities to meet National Performance Standards, and although a National Wastewater Effluent Strategy is now in place (since 2009), water treatment facilities typically report on and interpret their data in isolation, without considering what is happening at WWT facilities upstream or downstream in a spatial context. Eramosa Engineering Inc. provides a large variety of professional engineering services to clients in the water resources and energy sectors. Some of their main clients include municipal WWT across Canada, and they service an increasing number of clients in the energy efficiency sector (e.g., solar panel facilities). Indeed, Eramosa's Reporting and Information System software (e.RIS) is fast becoming a Canadian industry standard for water and wastewater reporting. This software allows municipal clients to perform various tasks; i.e., create reports, graphs, export data, view alarm flags, etc. via their work station, desktop, or favourite mobile device. Eramosa is a forward thinking company that recognizes the need to provide their clients with the ability to visualize their high resolution time series data in a spatial context. The proposed NSERC engage project will allow researchers at Ryerson Urban Water (Dr. Stephanie Melles and her lab) to work collaboratively on the creation of design specifications and pseudo code for a new version of e.RIS that will be able to perform spatial analytics and spatial data visualization. This will be a progressive and valuable service that will both satisfy and help expand Eramosa's client base. Such innovation furthermore stands to benefit the Canadian public by enabling more integrated reporting on the water resources we all depend on.