2026 SAG Award Winners

State of Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Pollution Control

Project Goal

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) set out to modernize statewide water quality management through a suite of GIS-driven solutions and applications. This initiative unifies data collection, quality assurance, analysis, regulatory tracking, and public communication across four core applications: a real-time Beach Monitoring Program, a Coastal Restoration Dashboard, a centralized Environmental Data Management System (EDMS), and an Impaired Waters & TMDL Tool. Together, these systems streamline workflows, improve data integrity, enhance transparency, and support science-based decision-making, enabling MDEQ to more effectively monitor, manage, and protect Mississippi’s water resources while providing timely, accessible information to stakeholders and the public.
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Business Problem Solved

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality faced fragmented, outdated workflows that relied heavily on manual and paper-based data entry, siloed systems, and time-consuming processes for managing water quality data. These limitations slowed data availability, increased the risk of errors, and made it difficult to efficiently support regulatory reporting, analysis, and public communication. By modernizing and integrating these processes into GIS-based environments, the agency eliminated redundant workflows, improving data accuracy and accessibility. This transformation replaced legacy systems with streamlined, digital solutions that support scalable, efficient, and transparent water quality management statewide.

Technology Implemented

ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Dashboards, ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript, ArcGIS 3D map, ArcGIS Survey123, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Portal

Development Team Biography

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Office of Pollution Control and Office of Restoration in collaboration with the Geospatial Group