PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The City of Meridian, MS entered into a Consent Decree with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), and the State of Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to address deficiencies within the City’s wastewater collection and transmission systems. As a result, Meridian has embarked on a 20+ year, $126 million program with the goal of eliminating sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) and achieving and maintaining full compliance with the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law, Mississippi, and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits.

OUR ROLE
2019-Present
Allworld Project Management (AWPM) supports two of the nine programs: Sewer Mapping and Information Management Systems (IMS).

Sewer Mapping Program contributions include:

• Co-development of Sewer Program CMOM document

• Development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data schema, geodatabase, and corresponding data dictionary

• Data compilation

• Creation of mapping documents

• Web applications using Esri ArcGIS software

Information Management Systems Program contributions include:

• Development of IMS Program CMOM document

• Support of City of Meridian’s exploration and selection of IMS system

• Implementation, customization, and training for IMS system software