about
RBDMS.NET
The Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) developed the Risk Based Data
Management System (RBDMS) for regulatory agencies to use in managing and
analyzing oil and gas program data and water resources management information.
The GWPC’s approach to increasing data availability through the RBDMS and its
Web interfaces focuses on partnering with federal and state agencies, industry
groups, and citizens.
Since the program’s inception in 1992, the development of the award-winning
RBDMS software has been underwritten through grants from the Department of
Energy. Matching funding has been provided by state agencies in the forms of
both donated, in-kind services and direct funding. Originally developed in
Access version 1.1, RBDMS has evolved to the latest .NET technologies and has
been adopted as a national standard.
RBDMS.NET combines the best aspects of the e-commerce initiative’s Web
interfaces: full-text searching, integrated GIS, automated notifications, and
security that can be configured through defined system roles and user profiles.
The same application is used both within agency offices and for field
inspection. The result provides immediate access to data for purposes of area
trend analyses, well and mine history tracking (ownership, bonding, permitting,
location, construction, inspection, production, and plugging/ restoration),
compliance monitoring, and complaint adjudication. The GWPC is now overseeing
rollouts in Mississippi and Oklahoma. Other agencies also are planning to
upgrade to RBDMS.NET.
RBDMS.NET Web interfaces have been installed in many agencies, greatly
leveraging efficiency in mission-critical tasks such as reporting UIC data
directly to EPA from RBDMS, automating the collection of production and
disposition data from operators, and offering electronic permitting of oil and
gas wells.
RBDMS development has historically been and continues to be directed by RBDMS
states. Ongoing RBDMS development, legacy data conversion and migration, and
system setup efforts in multiple states are overseen by both the GWPC and the
RBDMS Technical Committee, a users’ group whose participation is drawn from
multiple states.
In addition to telephone and remote [Terminal Services and/or Virtual Private
Network (VPN)] help desk support, GWPC provides user support, code sharing, and
development updates through peer-to-peer networking, bi-annual training
meetings, open-attendance weekly conference calls, and an interactive feature
request site.
For more information about obtaining RBDMS.NET for Oil & Gas or RBDMS.NET for
Water,
contact the GWPC's Technical Director.