Integrated Skills Ltd (ISL, www.ukisl.co.uk), based in Romsey near Southampton, UK, has been awarded a contract to design, develop, implement and support a Waste Management Information System (WMIS) for a joint municipal environmental service in the Middle East. The project is funded by the World Bank.
The requirement has arisen out of the development of a new landfill site soon to be completed. The geographic area in question has suffered from many years of political and economic instability which has led to a neglected solid waste management infrastructure. The use of various unregulated dump sites was prevalent which has led to a serious threat to public health.
The MIS will aid all the municipal authorities providing local environmental services to achieve their goals in developing a financially sustainable solid waste management system and provide access to efficient and improved services to all residents.
The key functional areas covered by the MIS are:
1) Provision of services:
a. Waste collection management — routes, frequency, etc
b. Condition/availability of equipment, such as trucks, bins, etc.
c. Cleanliness Parameters — street sweeping frequencies, index for measurement of cleanliness, etc
2) Financial management:
a. Costs — tip fees, etc
b. Billing for residential and commercial
c. Fee Collection — invoicing, credit notes, etc.
d. Fees — schedule of rates
ISL is developing the WMIS based on GIS and workflow technologies to ensure that the system meets the requirements as stated now and also for the future: Use of handheld devices, vehicle tracking, map based report, asset management are all potential future requirements.
ISL will draw upon its experience of developing Performance Manager, a GIS and workflow based contract management software solution for the Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning of the Kingdom of Bahrain. This online system has handled 50,000 service requests since its launch in 2010.
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