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report is shown on Table 1.1 . Various abbreviations and acronyms were also used in this report to represent relevant water system terminologies and engineering units. A list of abbreviations and acronyms is included in Table 1.2 .

1.9 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

This master planning effort made extensive use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology, for completing the following tasks:

 Develop the physical characteristics of the hydraulic model (pipes and junctions, wells, and storage reservoirs)

 Allocate existing water demands, as extracted from the water billing records, and based on each user’s physical address.

 Calculate and allocating future water demands, based on future developments water use

 Extract ground elevations along the distribution mains from available contour maps Generate maps and exhibits used in this master plan

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