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This paper discusses Facility Information Management Systems (FIMS or FIM systems), an example of web-based technologies used for water and wastewater treatment facilities. FIMS are an effective tool to manage data and documentation from increasingly complex facilities. The most sophisticated systems integrate and provide coordinated access to data and documents from SCADA, computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), laboratory information management systems (LIMS), engineering record drawings, operating manuals, training material and purchasing. FIMS can contain a wide variety of information and can be considered an extension of an online operating manual that can contain any information concerning the plant, facility or network of facilities. Along with the plant operations manual, control narratives and standard operating procedures, a FIM system can also include photographs, training videos, engineering data such as CAD drawings and design reports, health and safety procedures and MSDS, reference information, such as process theory and chemical interactions, and even financial data, such as budget and payroll information. Laboratory information systems (LIMS) and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) can also be tied into a FIMS. There are many technologies available that can be used to develop a FIM system. This paper does not go into depth about the technology, but will present a brief overview of some of the technologies. Includes figures.