Formbird

The Barwon Region Water Corporation (Barwon Water) is the largest regional urban water corporation in the state of Victoria, Australia. Barwon Water provides high quality water, recycled water and sewerage services to almost 300,000 people spread across an area of 8,100 square kilometres on Victoria's south east coast. Barwon Water owns and operates assets worth approximately $2.3 billion, including: 12 major reservoirs; more than 20 water treatment and recycling plants; 243 pumping stations; water storage facilities; and almost 7,000 kilometres of pipes. Baronw Water uses data gathered through the system to predict maintenance requirements and to make long-term strategic plans for the maintenance of all assets. Barwon Water had one system for tracking maintenance of its water pipe network and another for keeping tabs on the maintenance of its other assets, but these systems did not communicate with each other. A decision to transfer asset maintenance from a third-party contractor to a new, wholly-owned subsidiary, created to maintain the network, meant a new approach to tracking and managing asset maintenance was required. Barwon Water opted to use Formbird to develop a bespoke application after being unable to find suitable off-the-shelf software products. "The current application covers only the water reticulation network.