The new system, called Sentry, is designed to improve the state's ability to track drinking water supplies and distribution, with the goal of increasing the Division of Drinking Water's ability to prevent water contamination.
Sentry is scheduled to be fully operational by mid-2003 and will replace the division's mainframe system with a more efficient Web-based system.
Sentry is a Web-based application that enhances the state's ability to track every registered drinking water supply in Washington. It also increases efficiency, saving time and money due to faster reporting capabilities -- both predefined and ad-hoc -- of each water system's water sample lab test results, said Frank Westrum, CIO of Washington's Department of Health.
The state is working with Covansys to implement the tracking system, Westrum said.
