Recording Hydrant Inspections in AssetAlly is an efficient way to track and manage municipal hydrant data. This step-by-step tutorial will help you navigate the Hydrant Inspection Tool, but as always, if you have any questions you can contact us at any time.

Hydrant Inspection data can be recorded and accessed in two ways: from the Portal Page and from the GIS Viewer.

Portal Page Hydrant Inspections

If your municipality is subscribed to the Water Utilities Suite, a Hydrant Widget will be visible on your home screen portal page. To view the Hydrant General Search page click the hydrant icon as pictured below.

The Hydrant General Search page allows you to search by hydrant numbers, inspection, repairs needed, and repairs made. Using the Hydrant General Search is an efficient method to look-up hydrant data without going into the map and panning or searching by a query.

If you know the exact Hydrant Number in need of inspection, type it in the blank Hydrant No. field and click Search. If you do not know the exact Hydrant Number, but know the street name on which it’s located, select the Street Name drop-down field, choose the correct Street Name, and click Search. Search results will appear below the Search button.

Search by Hydrant Number:

Search by Street Name:

To add a new inspection click the Edit button.

The Hydrant Dashboard will open in another browser tab. To create a new inspection, click on the Inspection Tab and select Add New Inspection.

Complete the Hydrant Inspection form and click Save.
Note: any Services Required box checked during the Inspection will be shown as a repair in the Repairs Tab.

The Hydrant Inspection form will close and the newly added inspection will appear under the Inspection Tab. If anything was missed during the Inspection, the form can be edited or deleted.

To display the hydrant items reported as needing repairs during the inspection, click the Repairs tab.

Searching for Already Completed Hydrant Inspections:

Click on the Inspections Tab of the Hydrant Search Page, use the drop-down to select Inspected for Services Performed, choose a From Date and a To Date, and click Search.

All Inspections performed within the set search parameters will appear.

In-Map Hydrant Inspections

From the portal page, click on the Map Icon to bring you into the GIS Viewer.

Turn on the Water Utility System layer and pan to the hydrant in need of inspection on the map.

Select the hydrant and click on the Dashboard button in the Map Tip box.

The Hydrant Dashboard will open in another browser tab. Click on the Inspection Tab to view past inspections, and click on the Add New Inspection button to start a new inspection.

Follow the instructions listed above from the Portal Page section of this article to continue adding a new inspection. Once completed, turn on the Facilities Needing Repairs layer, and a repair symbol will appear on the hydrant symbol.