Use Dam Safety

The Dam Safety solution delivers a set of capabilities that help you routinely inspect dams, manage fieldwork assignments, and monitor inspection programs.

In this topic, you’ll learn how to use the solution by assuming the role of a user and performing the workflows below.

Note:

Use your organization's data or configured apps to follow these workflows.

Prepare dam inspections

You will start by assuming the role of a dam safety staff member responsible for coordinating dam safety field operations. You are asked to use the Dam Safety ArcGIS Pro project to setup your organization’s dam safety field operations. Follow the defined tasks to add inspectors, inventory dam information, and assign dam sites to mobile workers.

To open the ArcGIS Pro project tasks, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Dam Safety item.
2. From the item page, click Download.
3. Unzip the downloaded folder, and then from the unzipped folder, open the ArcGIS Pro project.
4. If you do not see the Catalog pane, from the View tab, in the Windows group, click Catalog Pane.
5. Expand the Tasks folder, and then double-click the Dam Safety task group.
6. In the Tasks pane, review the task included in the How to Use Dam Safety task group.

   Tip:

   Click a task name to view its description at the bottom of the Tasks pane.
7. Follow the steps in each task.

Complete a dam inspection

Next, you will assume the role of a dam safety inspector responsible for conducting safety inspections of dams. You are asked to use the Dam Inspection Survey to conduct a dam safety inspection.

1. Download the Survey123 field app onto your mobile device.
2. Open Survey123 and sign in to your ArcGIS organization.
3. At the upper right, tap your avatar and tap Download Surveys.
4. Search for Dam Inspection Survey and tap the Download button.

   Note:

   To access the Dam Inspection Survey survey using a QR code, tap the back arrow, and then in the search bar, tap the Barcode button. Then take a photo of the QR code.

5. Tap the back arrow to return to the survey gallery.
6. Tap Dam Inspection Survey, and then tap Inbox.
7. Tap the Refresh button.
8. Select a survey from the inbox, and complete it.
9. Tap the check mark at the lower right and tap Send now.

Create dam inspection reports

In the previous section, you completed a dam safety inspection. You will now create an inspection report of the dam safety inspection to provide to the dam owner.

1. In a browser, verify that you are signed in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Survey123 form.
2. Open the item page, and then click Manage in Survey123 website.
3. Click the Data button.
4. From the Dam Inspection Survey table, select a survey.
5. Click the Report button.
6. In the Report panel, type a report name, and then for Format, choose PDF.

   Note:

   Generating reports consumes credits. To see how many credits your report will consume, click Show credits.

7. Click the Generate button to create the inspection report.

Note:

To learn more about printing reports in ArcGIS Survey123, see Print survey results.

Monitor dam inspections

Finally, you will assume the role of a dam safety program manager responsible for managing a dam safety program. You are asked to review key metrics to better understand your dam safety program.

1. In a browser, verify that you are signed in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Dam Safety app.
2. From the item page, click Open Dashboard.
3. On the left, adjust the filters to refine the inspection list results by the hazard classification, specific watershed, inspector name, inspection type, or inspection date.
4. In the Dam Condition chart, click any bar to filter by dam condition.
5. In the Inspections Completed panel, select any inspection to see important inspection details.