Case Study: Brunswick & Topsham Water District achieves 40% GIS and asset registry cost savings with Trimble

Brunswick & Topsham Water District - Customer Case Study

Brunswick & Topsham Water District, a quasi-municipal utility serving Brunswick and Topsham since 1903, needed a better way to survey and map hydrants, valves, and other water system assets. Its manual, paper-based workflow for benchmarking, field mapping, and updating records was labor intensive and time consuming. The District worked with **Trimble** and used **Trimble Unity™ AFC Mapper** on Trimble GeoExplorer 6000 handhelds to modernize the process.

With **Trimble**, the District implemented a GPS and barcode-based workflow that let crews capture high-accuracy asset locations, scan manufacturer data in the field, and wirelessly sync updates back to the office for GIS integration. The result was an estimated **40% reduction in GIS and asset registry maintenance costs**, along with faster data collection, less manual entry, and richer asset records such as manufacture dates and product codes.

Brunswick & Topsham Water District