Water Options

General

Integration w/ Facility

  • Storage Facility Inventories
  • Supply Source Inventories
  • Pump Station Inventories
  • Vault Inventories
  • Structure Inventories

Check this to enable the Alt. Building field on the listed water assets. This enables you to link those assets to buildings in the Facility module program. Then any equipment that is linked to that building will appear in the Other Equipment grid of the water inventory record.

Note: This option is required for the Integration w/ Equipment to work.

Integration w/ Equipment

  • Pump Inventories
  • Pump Station Inventories
  • Storage Facility Inventories
  • Supply Source Inventories
  • Vault Inventories
  • Structure Inventories

This option enables you to link equipment records from the Equipment module to the listed water assets.

Note: This option will not work without the Integration w/ Facility option being enabled.

Populate Service Tap ID w/ Acct No. and Tap No.

  • Service Tap Inventories

Check this option to have the Service Tap ID for new Service Tap records auto-populated from the Account Number and Tap Number fields. For example, if you enter 444 for an account number and 2 for the tap number, the service tap ID will be 444-2.

Note: If this option is turned on, the Account Number and Tap Number fields will become required fields.

Force Uniqueness for Address and Tap No for Service Tap Record

  • Service Tap Inventories

If this option is checked you will not be able to save a service tap inventory record unless the Address and Tap Number entered are unique.

Update Main Break with Pipe Inventory Record Info

  • Mainbreaks Module

If this option is checked, the pipe attribute information will be auto-populated in the Mainbreaks module when the Pipe Number is selected. The auto-populated fields include the pipe's Surface Type, Pipe Depth, Diameter, Material, Map Number, Alt Map Number, Pressure Zone, and System.

The following options dictate what happens when a user creates a Work Order from a Flushing Route.

In Flushing Route, Copy Hydrants to Work Orders with Tool

Flushing Route module

Directs the system to automatically add Hydrants on the Flushing Route as assets to Work Orders created using the Create Work Order or Create Flushing History and WO tools.

In Flushing Route, Copy Valves to Work Orders with Tool

Flushing Route module

Directs the system to automatically add Valves on the Flushing Route as assets to Work Orders created using the Create Work Order or Create Flushing History and WO tools.

In Flushing Route, Copy Pipes to Work Orders with Tool

Flushing Route module

Directs the system to automatically add Pipes on the Flushing Route as assets to Work Orders created using the Create Work Order or Create Flushing History and WO tools.

 

Backflow

BFP Next Test Date Frequency

  • Backflow Preventer Inventory

This option allows you to set a default numeric value for the Next Test Date Frequency field in the Backflow Inventory module. This default value refers to the number of days, weeks, months, or years between tests.

BFP Next Test Date Frequency Units

  • Backflow Preventer Inventory

This option allows you to specify what amount of time the BFP Next Test Date Frequency option is refering to.

1 = Hours, 2 = Days, 3 = Weeks, 4 = Months, 5 = Years

BFP Next Rebuild Date Frequency

  • Backflow Preventer Inventory

This option allows you to set a default numeric value for the Next Rebuild Date Frequency field in the Backflow Inventory module. This default value refers to the number of days, weeks, months, or years before the next rebuild will occur.

BFP Next Rebuild Date Frequency Units

  • Backflow Preventer Inventory

This option allows you to specify what amount of time the BFP Next Rebuild Date Frequency option is refering to.

1 = Hours, 2 = Days, 3 = Weeks, 4 = Months, 5 = Years

Use Testing Date to Recalculate Next Test/Rebuild Date

  • Backflow Inventory
  • Backflow Tests

Check this option to have the the Next Test/Rebuild Date automatically filled out based on the date of the most recent Backflow Test.

If this option is set to No, the Last Test Date and Last Rebuild Date fields will be used to establish a time frame when each backflow test and rebuild is due regardless of when it was last inspected or rebuilt (as recorded in the Backflow Tests module).

BF Tests - Validate Company Licenses and Test Kits

  • Backflow Preventer Tests
  • Backflow Testing Companies

Backflow Tests

Check this option if you want the Backflow Test to validate whether the Company has a valid License and valid (unexpired) Test Kit, when you save the record.

Backflow Testing Companies

Check this option if you want the system to check and make sure that both the Initial Tester and Final Tester are linked to a valid company when you save the record.  A company is considered to be valid if it has at least one license that is not expired.

Note:  By default, we recommend that this option is checked.

BFP Tester Inactive Date Frequency

BFP Tester Inactive Date Frequency Units

  • Backflow Preventers Testers

Upon populating the Date Active field, the Date Inactive field will be auto-calculated. This calculation is based on the numeric value specified in the BFP Tester Inactive Date Frequency option and the time duration specified in the BFP Tester Inactive Date Frequency Units option.

For example, if you want the tester's active status to end three years from the active date, you would enter a '3' for the BFP Tester Inactive Date Frequency option and enter a '5' (5= years in the Frequency Units pick list) for the BFP Tester Inactive Date Frequency Units option.