Hydrant Maintenance

Use Hydrant Maintenance to maintain information about the hydrants within the utility district.

Tip:  For more information about working with data in fields, see Data Entry Guidelines.

Directions:

To see directions for...

• Opening Hydrant Maintenance, click More.

   

  1.  Click Daily Work from the Menu Bar.

  2.  Click File Maintenance.

  3.  Click Code Maintenance.

  4.  Click Miscellaneous Maintenance.

  5.  Click Hydrant Maintenance.
  
  Tip:  Or, use the keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [y] [m] [c] [i] [h].

  Hydrant Maintenance Window Example:

  

• Creating a new hydrant, click More.

   

  To create a new record choose one of these methods:

  • Enter the new Hydrant ID and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
    Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]

  • Or, enter the new Hydrant ID and click File from the Menu Bar; next click New.
    Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [f] [n]

  Tip:  To indicate that you are building a new hydrant, New  displays near the Hydrant ID.  Default entries display and the first field is highlighted to let you know you can begin entering information.

  Hydrant Maintenance Prompts Tip:  To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name.
  Hydrant ID	Enter the unique identifier for the hydrant. (up to 6 characters) Required
  	To update the new or changed information, click Save or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]
  	CAUTION To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.
  	To view all of the existing hydrants, click Search.  From the Search list you can select the record to change or delete. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + r]
  	To display an existing hydrant, enter the hydrant ID and click Retrieve, or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Street Index No.	Enter a defined Street Index Number. (4.0 numeric)
  Location	Enter the hydrant location. (up to 40 characters)
  Make	Enter the make or model number of the hydrant. (up to 15 characters)
  Nozzles	Enter the hydrant nozzle description. (up to 15 characters)
  Size	Enter the hydrant size. (up to 15 characters)
  Gate Valve?	To indicate the hydrant has a gate valve, click Yes in the drop-down list. To indicate the hydrant does not have a gate valve, click No in the drop-down list.
  Distance to Gate	Enter the distance to the Gate. (2.1 numeric)
  Branch Size	Enter the branch size. (2.1 numeric)
  Main Size	Enter the size of the main for the hydrant. (2.1 numeric)
  Pressure Zone	Enter the user-defined pressure zone for the hydrant. (2.0 numeric)
  Static PSI	Enter the PSI for the hydrant. (3.0 numeric)
  Static PSI Date	Enter the date the static PSI was measured for the hydrant. (mm/dd/ccyy, slashes not necessary)
  Residual PSI	Enter the residual PSI for the hydrant. (3.0 numeric)
  Residual PSI Date	Enter the date the residual PSI was measured for the hydrant. (mm/dd/ccyy, slashes not necessary)
  Flow GPM	Enter the GPM (gallons per minute) flow for the hydrant. (5.0 numeric)
  Purchase Date	Enter the date the hydrant was purchased. (mm/dd/ccyy, slashes not necessary)
  Purchase Price	Enter the purchase price. (6.2 numeric)
  Installation Date	Enter the date the hydrant was installed. (mm/dd/ccyy, slashes not necessary)
  Code	Enter a user-defined code pertaining to the hydrant, if applicable. (4.0 numeric)
  Flush Order	Enter the flush order. (4.2 numeric)
  Wet Hydrant	To indicate that this is a wet hydrant, click Yes in the drop-down list.   Or, if this is not a wet hydrant, click No in the drop-down list.
  Replacement Date	Enter the date the hydrant was replaced, if applicable. (mm/dd/ccyy, slashes not necessary)
  Memo 1	Enter a user-defined memo pertaining to the hydrant, if applicable. (up to 40 characters)
  Memo 2	Enter a second line for the user-defined memo, if applicable. (up to 40 characters)

   

• Editing an existing hydrant, click More.

   

  CAUTION:  To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.

  1. To display the record to be changed, enter the Hydrant ID and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
     Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
     
     Tip:  If you do not know the Hydrant ID, you can click Search  to see a list of hydrants.

  2. To position the pointer to the information that you want to change, press [TAB] or click the field using the mouse.

  3. Enter the data changes.

  4. To complete the edit process, click Save , or press [ENTER].
     Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]

   

• Deleting an existing hydrant, click More.

   

  1. To display the record to be deleted, enter the Hydrant ID and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
     Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
     Tip:  If you do not know the Hydrant ID, you can click Search  to see a list of hydrants.

  2. Click File from the Menu Bar, and next click Delete.
     Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [f] [d]

  3. At the Delete Records prompt, click Proceed to delete the record, or click Cancel to escape from the delete routine.
     
     Example:
     
     
     
     Note:  After you click Proceed, you will see the following message on the Status Bar.