Water_Valve Water_Valve
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Corporate Production GIS Metadata

Layer Name: Water_Valve

General Information

Layer Name: Water_Valve
# of Features: 8348
Status: ACTIVE
Layer Source: GIS_DATA.WAT_VALVE
Layer Quality: Good
Feature Accuracy: +/- 2m
Type: POINT
Description: Inventory of all water valves.
Projection: NAD 83 UTM Zone 17N (EPSG 26917)
Disclaimer: The City of Kitchener assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the provided data. Any use of this information is done so at the users risk. Good survey practices must be applied when utilizing this information. The City of Kitchener and its partners have created this data for information purposes on an as-is and as available basis and is under no circumstances a substitute for a Legal Survey. The City does not make any representations or warranty, express or implied, concerning the accuracy, quality, likely results, or reliability of the use of the data. The City of Kitchener assumes no responsibility for any errors and is not liable for any damages of any kind resulting from the use of, or reliance on, the information and material contained in this layer. All information should be verified independently before being used or relied on. Users are encouraged to contact the City of Kitchener to ensure the accuracy of the information provided by Kitchener.

Source and Contraints

Source Map Label: Water Valves: Corporate Services - Technology Innovation and Services - Geospatial Data and Analytics (Current to date of printing)
History: Created and Maintained by Utilities
Original Source: INS - Utilities
Original Source Process:
Maintenance: GIS Updates: Yearly - March Utilities - Water See update documentation for instructions
Current Info Source:
Outstanding Issues: Not part of actual network. Valves are simply points that are placed on top of pipes. An attribute link relates it to a pipe. Position of valve along pipe is a visual relative location compared to the eingineering plan. Schematic representation
Update Frequency: CONTINUOUS

Data Fields & Domain Information

Water_Valve

Column Name Alias Data Type Comments Domain Name Default value Domain Values
OBJECTID OBJECTID NUMBER ESRI system maintained integer field used to uniquely identify rows in tables in a geodatabase. Note that OBJECTIID values change upon export or import of the data and should not be used as a primary field for searching or identifying records.
WATVALVEID Watvalveid NUMBER Database maintained field that permanently assigns a unique value for each record. This ID value should be the one referred to when identifying a record.
CREATE_BY Create By VARCHAR2 Database maintained field. Updates to the user name that created the feature. Update takes place when the feature is created.
CREATE_DATE Create Date DATE Database maintained field. Updates to the current data/time. Update takes place when the feature is created.
UPDATE_BY Update By VARCHAR2 Database maintained field. Updates to the user name that most recently updated either an attribute or the geometry of the feature. Update takes place when the feature is created and/or changed.
UPDATE_DATE Update Date DATE Database maintained field. Updates to the current data/time when an attribute or the geometry of the feature is changed. Update takes place when the feature is created and/or changed.
SOURCE Source NUMBER GIS maintained field. Source EDRA (Electronic Document Registration Application) document number, or name of department or specific staff member that the information came from.
SOURCE_DATE Source Date DATE GIS maintained field. Date of the source document or information.
STATUS Status VARCHAR2 Indicates the status of feature. A pick list is used for this field - contact GIS for pick list values. WatValveStatus OPEN CLOSED; OPEN; OPEN - PARTIALLY
STATUS_DATE Status Date DATE Database maintained field. Updates to the current date/time when the STATUS field value is changed.
ROTATION Rotation NUMBER
REL_WATMAINID Rel Watmainid NUMBER
TAG1 Tag1 VARCHAR2 Temporary location to store short term data for mapping purposes only.
TAG2 Tag2 VARCHAR2 Temporary location to store short term data for mapping purposes only.
TAG3 Tag3 VARCHAR2 Temporary location to store short term data for mapping purposes only.
SHAPE SHAPE ST_GEOMETRY ESRI system maintained field. Stores the geometry type and geometry of the feature.
TYPE Type VARCHAR2 WatValveType BUTTERFLY; CHECK; GATE; OVERSIZE; RESILIENT SEAT; TAPPING; UNKNOWN
MANUFACTURER Manufacturer VARCHAR2 WatValveManufacturer ARI - D90; CAMBRIDGE; EJ; GOLDEN ANDER IND.; H-TECH; MCAVITY/CLOW; MUELLER CANADA; UNKNOWN; VAHN-TECH; VENT-TECH DBV
CONDITION Condition VARCHAR2
CONDITION_DATE Condition Date DATE
OWNERSHIP Ownership VARCHAR2 Asset Owner: Who owns the feature, Generally Government agencies such as CITY, REGION and MTO and private citizens and businesses shown as PUBLIC. This usually relates to the property the asset sits on. OwnershipClass KITCHENER CAMBRIDGE; DUAL CITY AND REGION; DUAL CITY AND WRDSB; PRIVATE; REGION; SCHOOL BOARD; UNKNOWN; WATERLOO; WELLESLEY; WILMOT ...See GIS for a complete list...
TURNS Turns NUMBER
HOUSING Housing VARCHAR2 WatValveHousing BOX; BURIED; CHAMBER - ROUND; CHAMBER - SQUARE; DRAIN CHAMBER; UNKNOWN
GRID_LABEL Grid Label VARCHAR2
FUNCTION Function VARCHAR2 WatValveFunction AIR RELEASE; BLOWOFF; DRAIN; MAIN; MANUAL AIR RELEASE; MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY; PRESSURE REDUCING; PRESSURE ZONE BOUNDARY; SWAB LAUNCH; UNKNOWN
CROSS_STREET Cross Street VARCHAR2
INSTALLATION_DATE Installation Date DATE Date the feature was installed
ACQUISITION Acquisition VARCHAR2 Input by GIS staff. Identification of how the city received or acquired the feature. If the feature came through the subdivision process it is considered 'DONATED' and if not it is 'PURCHASED' PSABAcquisition DONATED; PURCHASED
ENGINEERING_NOTES Engineering Notes VARCHAR2 Input by Engineering staff. Open text field for notes.
CONSULTANT Consultant VARCHAR2
KU_NOTES Ku Notes VARCHAR2 Input by Utilities staff. Open text field for notes.
GENERAL_GRID General Grid VARCHAR2 GridStandardID 277; 563; 582; 583; 584; 585; 586; 587; 607; 608 ...See GIS for a complete list...
QUARTER_GRID Quarter Grid VARCHAR2 GridQuarteredID 277-A; 407-C; 586-D; 587-A; 607-A; 607-B; 607-C; 607-D; 608-A; 608-B ...See GIS for a complete list...
VALVE_OPENS Valve Opens VARCHAR2 GISSide L L - LEFT; R - RIGHT; U - UNKNOWN
DEADEND_FLUSHING Deadend Flushing VARCHAR2 WatValveDeadendFlushing N B - BOTH FALL AND REGULAR; F - FALL; N - NONE; R - REGULAR
CRITICALITY Criticality NUMBER WaterCriticality -1 -1; 10; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9 ...See GIS for a complete list...
REL_CLEANING_AREA Rel Cleaning Area VARCHAR2 WatMainCleanMainArea 0 0; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
REL_CLEANING_SUBAREA Rel Cleaning Subarea VARCHAR2 WatMainCleanSubArea 0 0; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49 ...See GIS for a complete list...
REL_WATCHAMBERID Rel Watchamberid NUMBER 0
GEARED Geared VARCHAR2 YesNo N N - NO; U - UNKNOWN; Y - YES
INTENDED_OPERATING_POSITION Intended Operating Position VARCHAR2 WatValveIntOperatingPos OPEN CLOSED; OPEN
DEFICIENCY Deficiency VARCHAR2 WatValveDeficiency NONE BROKEN - NOT OPERABLE; BURIED - UNINTENTIONALLY; BY-PASS BROKEN; HIGH HEAD INSTALLATION NEEDED; LEAKS; MISSING NUT; NONE; PINCHED; ROUNDED NUT
CATEGORY Category VARCHAR2 WatMainTreated TREATED; UNKNOWN; UNTREATED
LRT_HAZARD_ZONE Lrt Hazard Zone VARCHAR2 LrtHazardZone NONE BUFFER; NONE; ROAD LRT; ZONE A; ZONE B
LOCATION Location VARCHAR2 Open text field that describes the location of the feature in more detail.
VALVE_SIZE Valve Size NUMBER Valve size in mm. WatPipeSizeInt 0 0; 1200; 19; 300; 350; 400; 450; 600; 750; 900 ...See GIS for a complete list...
PACKING_BOLTS_REPLACED Packing bolts replaced VARCHAR2 Packing bolts replaced? YesNoOnly N No; Yes
BONNET_BOLTS_REPLACED Bonnet bolts replaced VARCHAR2 Bonnet bolts replaced? YesNoOnly N No; Yes