Join the GIS Water User Group (GWUG), hosted by Veris, Australia’s forum for water industry GIS professionals to share knowledge, benchmark capability and advance geospatial innovation across utilities.
Why GIS Matters for Water Utilities
The location of assets, customers, and water resources underpins every operational and planning decision in the water sector.
A mature geospatial environment allows utilities to:
- Improve decision-making with enterprise-wide spatial intelligence
- Enable real-time asset and network monitoring
- Streamline field operations with mobility and cloud tools
- Support planning, climate resilience and emergency response
- Deliver open data and customer-facing mapping services
Modern GIS is no longer about maps — it’s about business intelligence, efficiency, and better service delivery.
Practical, Peer-led and Future-focused
GWUG meets twice yearly to discuss the evolving challenges and opportunities in water utility GIS.
Sessions cover:
- Utility Network design and implementation
- Data governance and integration with AMI, SCADA, and asset systems
- Cloud transition and enterprise GIS modernisation
- Digital twin development and 3D visualisation
- Open data and public mapping
Each event is practical, vendor-neutral, and grounded in shared lessons from across the industry.
Two Decades of Geospatial Leadership
For nearly 20 years, Spatial Vision has worked alongside Australian water authorities delivering:
- Custom GIS tools and IT solutions
- Data engineering and analytics
- Strategic advice and workforce training
- National benchmarking through Geospatial Capability Surveys
Spatial Vision’s establishment of GWUG created a strong collaborative foundation that continues today with Veris’ national leadership.
A Stronger National Capability
Now part of Veris, Spatial Vision’s deep GIS expertise complements Veris’ strengths in surveying, spatial data, and digital advisory services. Together, we deliver:
- Integrated survey-to-GIS solutions
- Reality capture and spatial analytics
- Enterprise GIS architecture and governance
- Digital twin and 3D data environments
This partnership gives water utilities an end-to-end capability — from field data capture through to business intelligence and digital transformation.
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Participation in GWUG is free and open to all Australian water utilities and related organisations. Benefits include:
- Benchmark your GIS capability
- Learn practical solutions from peers
- Stay ahead of emerging technologies
- Build valuable professional networks
- Influence future industry standards