This project had a major focus on how to create a geodatabase out of premade shapefiles. Using the Feature Class to Geodatabase tool, I was able to transfer the water system shapefiles into their own geodatabase, and from that point I uploaded the new .gdb onto the basemap to work with. Once the .gdb was active I started to work specifically with the data contained in it; by opening up an attributes table for waterlines I input specific measurements and flowrates for pipes that are commonly used within the city, and I later made use of these measurements when I connected some of the points between existing waterlines.

This type of model that observes the placement of waterpipes, lines, and other parts of a city's hydro system can be very useful for addressing the issues of clean drinking water felt within indigenous communities. By creating a geodatabase with all the water systems within a community, developers or water system operators could more efficiently address points of contamination or create plans for new pathways to be constructed.