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Engineering and GIS Mapping The Engineering Division monitors and tracks county managed utility projects and tracks and issues permits for all private utility construction . The Division also ensures that all utility construction complies with Indian River County utility standards. Engineering staff also function as a hands-on design team and act as a private consulting firm to plan , design , and pilot research on technologies and in- house projects. These innovative practices allow the Engineering Division to more effectively manage the County ' s infrastructure through vision , innovative thinking , and team effort . The GIS Mapping Division maintains the County ' s GIS utility infrastructure and maintains a variety of maps and records . These include construction and as-built drawings, water and sewer base maps , customer complaints , work orders , accounting records and much more . At present, two GIS staff members assist the Utilities Services Department in all GIS related tasks . Conservation Conservation service is aimed at outreach programs and functions to aid citizens in reducing water bills and more effectively utilizing County water and sewer resources . This is accomplished through education via the County website . Recommendations are made on how citizens can lower their monthly water bill . Some of these suggestions include : Take showers rather than baths . • Replace showerhead with a water-efficient showerhead • Faucet aerators in kitchen and bath save 4% • Turn off water when brushing teeth or shaving (saves an average of 5 gallons a day) If you wash dishes by hand rinse them in a sink partially filled with water instead of running water • Use food scraps for compost or dispose of them in the garbage bin rather than the garbage disposal Wash full loads of cloths , a washing machine uses up to 35 gallons a load • Only run dishwasher when it is full Water/Wastewater Facilities The Utilities Services Department maintains several facilities throughout Indian River County to effectively manage water and wastewater treatment activities . These include : Aerating tanks, a North County reverse osmosis plant, a South County Reverse Osmosis Plant, and several water storage tanks . r The Department currently uses GIS for the storage of utility infrastructure and has copies of Arclnfo for use with floating licenses . Two staff members in the Engineering /GIS Mapping Division use GIS to create maps and maintain utility GIS data in an ArcGIS personal geodatabase format; at present these are Tier 2 and Tier 1 GIS Users . All remaining GIS users in the Utilities Services Department will be Tier 3 GIS Users ; ( see Chapter 2 : GIS Organizational Structure and Staffing for more information on tiers of GIS Users) . Additional opportunities exist for GIS utilization throughout the Department . It is expected that as the County proceeds with its GIS implementation , additional resources within the 137 GIS Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan Chapter 1 - Departmental GIS Needs Assessment