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| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Water Infrastructure United States. General Accounting Office, 2004 |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Water Infrastructure United States. General Accounting Office, 2004 |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Risk Management for Water and Wastewater Utilities Simon Pollard, 2016-05-15 Water risks and security are a major global hazard in the 21st century and it is essential that water professionals have a solid grounding in the principles of preventative risk management. This second edition of the key textbook, Risk Management for Water and Wastewater Utilities, extends beyond first principles and examines the practicalities of resilience and vulnerability assessment, strategic risk appraisal and the interconnectedness of water utility risks in a networked infrastructure. It provides an up-dated overview of tools and techniques for risk management in the context of the heightened expectations for sound risk governance that are being made of all water and wastewater utilities. Risk Management for Water and Wastewater Utilities provides a valuable starting point for newly appointed risk managers in the utility sector and offers MSc level self-paced study with self-assessment questions and abbreviated answers, key learning points, case studies and worked examples. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Water Infrastructure at a Turning Point , 2006 The United States can boast the finest water and wastewater systems in the world, but it cannot sustain this extensive infrastructure unless steps are taken to counter its natural wear-down due to age. The resulting task is to initiate and manage a modern, methodical, and sustainable asset renewal process, called asset management. This report fully explores the processes involved in asset management: Define expectations and assess the condition, Estimate the remaining useful life, Manage the wear-out process, and continually Improve the plan. Written for: water utility managers, governing boards , community stakeholders, and others interested in the subject. The United States can boast the finest water and wastewater systems in the world, but it cannot sustain this extensive infrastructure unless steps are taken to counter its natural wear-down due to age. The resulting task is to initiate and manage a modern, methodical, and sustainable asset renewal process, called asset management. This report fully explores the processes involved in asset management: Define expectations and assess the condition, Estimate the remaining useful life, Manage the wear-out process, and continually Improve the plan. Written for: water utility managers, governing boards , community stakeholders, and others interested in the subject. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Utility Management Office of Water Programs, 2004-01-01 This manual is designed to train agency managers to use good business practices in managing a water or wastewater utility. It offers detailed information regarding all major responsibilities of a utility manager's key job elements and provides practical guidelines for policies and procedures. The manual explains how to asses the financial strength and stability of a utility, principles of budgeting, and how to fund capital improvements. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Strategic Asset Management of Water Supply and Wastewater Infrastructures Helena Alegre, Maria do Ceu Almeida, 2009-09-14 Water and Wastewater companies operating all around the world have faced rising asset management and replacement costs, often to levels that are financially unsustainable. Management of investment needs, while meeting regulatory and other goals, has required: A better understanding of what customers demand from the services they pay for, and the extent to which they are willing to pay for improvements or be compensated for a reduction in performance Development of models to predict asset failure and to identify and concentrate investment on critical assets Improved management systems Improved accounting for costs and benefits and their incorporation within an appropriate cost-benefit framework Incorporation of risk management techniques Utilisation of advanced maintenance techniques including new rehabilitation failure detection technologies Enhancements in pipeline materials, technologies and laying techniques. These papers developed from LESAM 2007 for inclusion in Strategic Asset Management of Water Supply and Wastewater Infrastructures are focused on the techniques, technologies and management approaches aiming at optimising the investment in infrastructure while achieving demanded customer service standards, and they provide an opportunity to gain access to the latest discussion and developments at the leading-edge in this field. This book will be essential reading for utility operators and managers, regulators and consultants. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Water Utilities Use of Asset Management Practices Alfred Caldwell, 2016 Recent catastrophic breaks in water mains and sewer discharges during storms are indicators of the nations old and deteriorating water and wastewater infrastructure. EPA estimates that small water utilities -- those serving fewer than 10,000 people--may need about $143 billion for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure repairs and replacement over 20 years. EPA and USDA provide the three largest sources of federal funding for water infrastructure. In a March 2004 report, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that water utilities may benefit from implementing asset management -- a tool used across a variety of sectors to manage physical assets, such as roads and buildings. This book examines what is known about the use of asset management among the nations water utilities -- particularly small water utilities -- including benefits and challenges and steps EPA and USDA are taking to help small water utilities implement asset management. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Infrastructure Management, Second Edition Neil S. Grigg, 2012-06-08 Urban water services are building blocks for healthy cities, and they require complex and expensive infrastructure systems. Most of the infrastructure is out of sight and tends to be taken for granted, but an infrastructure financing crisis looms in the United States because the systems are aging and falling behind on maintenance. A road map for public works and utility professionals, Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Infrastructure Management, Second Edition provides clear and practical guidance for life-cycle management of water infrastructure systems. Grounded in solid engineering and business principles, the book explains how to plan, budget, design, construct, and manage the physical infrastructure of urban water systems. It blends knowledge from management fields such as facilities, finance, and maintenance with information about the unique technical attributes of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. Addresses how to make a business case for infrastructure funding Demonstrates how to apply up-to-date methods for capital improvement planning and budgeting Outlines the latest developments in infrastructure asset management Identifies cutting-edge developments in information technology applied to infrastructure management Presents a realistic view of how risk management is applied to urban water infrastructure settings Explains the latest maintenance and operations methods for water, wastewater, and stormwater systems The author describes current thinking on best management practices and topics such as asset management, vulnerability assessment, and total quality management of infrastructure systems. Expanded and updated throughout, this second edition reflects the considerable advances that have occurred in infrastructure management over the past ten years. Useful as a reference and a professional development guide, this unique book offers tools to help you lower costs and mitigate the rate shocks associated with managing infrastructure for growth, deterioration, and regulatory requirements. What’s New in This Edition The latest infrastructure management and maintenance technologies Information on the inventories of systems and the configuration of infrastructure New design and construction methods such as building information modeling (BIM) New approaches to rate setting, accounting methods, and cost accounting to help you assess the full cost of infrastructure Advances in SCADA systems Expanded coverage of risk management and disaster preparedness Material on the use of GIS in water and sewer management New laws related to infrastructure, including the U.S. EPA’s efforts to develop a distribution system rule |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Rehabilitation of Water Mains American Water Works Association, 2001 P. 16. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Water Infrastructure Ellen Crocker, Lisa Turner, 2002-12 Communities will need an estimated $300 billion to $1 trillion over the next 20 years to repair, replace, or upgrade aging drinking water & wastewater facilities; accommodate a growing pop'n.; & meet new water quality standards. This report examines: (1) how the amount of funds obtained by large public & private drinking water & wastewater utilities -- those serving populations greater than 10,000 -- through user charges & other local funding sources compare with their cost of providing service; (2) how such utilities manage existing capital assets & plan for needed capital improvements; & (3) what factors influence private companies' interest in assuming the operation or ownership of publicly owned drinking water & wastewater facilities. Tables. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Asset Management Research Needs Roadmap A. Graham, Gregory Kirmeyer, E. Wessels, E. Tenny, D. Harp, S. McKinney, C. Saill, B. Templin, D. Hughes, J. Fortin, 2008-10-14 This report is available as a Pay-Per-View item only. Many utilities are uncertain about asset management, have delayed or scaled down implementation efforts, and do not see a clear path for embarking on a comprehensive asset management program. There is currently no strategic industry focus for the planning and funding of future research efforts in the area of asset management for water and wastewater utilities. As such, AwwaRF recognized a need to gather the key utility subscribers and stakeholders together to help develop an asset management research needs roadmap with an emphasis on drinking water systems. The goals of this project were to assemble key organizations and experts to evaluate the available asset management information and identify future water and wastewater community needs that research could help solve. The report will summarize the asset management landscape, identify critical information gaps, develop research project ideas, and generate a strategic approach for the funding of research to fill the gaps. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Performance Indicators for Water Supply Services Helena Alegre, Jaime M. Baptista, Enrique Cabrera Jr, Francisco Cubillo, Patricia Duarte, Wolfram Hirner, Wolf Merkel, Renato Parena, 2016-09-15 The IWA Performance Indicator System for water services is now recognized as a worldwide reference. Since it first appearance in 2000, the system has been widely quoted, adapted and used in a large number of projects both for internal performance assessment and metric benchmarking. Water professionals have benefited from a coherent and flexible system, with precise and detailed definitions that in many cases have become a standard. The system has proven to be adaptable and it has been used in very different contexts for diverse purposes. The Performance Indicators System can be used in any organization regardless of its size, nature (public, private, etc.) or degree of complexity and development. The third edition of Performance Indicators for Water Supply Services represents a further improvement of the original manual. It contains a reviewed and consolidated version of the indicators, resulting from the real needs of water companies worldwide that were expressed during the extensive field testing of the original system. The indicators now properly cover bulk distribution and the needs of developing countries, and all definitions have been thoroughly revised. The confidence grading scheme has been simplified and the procedure to assess the results- uncertainty has been significantly enhanced. In addition to the updated contents of the original edition, a large part of the manual is now devoted to the practical application of the system. Complete with simplified step-by-step implementation procedures and case studies, the manual provides guidelines on how to adapt the IWA concepts and indicators to specific contexts and objectives. This new edition of Performance Indicators for Water Supply Services is an invaluable reference source for all those concerned with managing the performance of the water supply industry, including those in the water utilities as well as regulators, policy-makers and financial agencies. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: International Infrastructure Management Manual , 2006 Manual provides guidelines for best management practices for all infrastructure assets in the public and private sectors at the lowest life cycle cost. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Privatization of Water Services in the United States National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, Committee on Privatization of Water Services in the United States, 2002-09-20 In the quest to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of water and wastewater services, many communities in the United States are exploring the potential advantages of privatization of those services. Unlike other utility services, local governments have generally assumed responsibility for providing water services. Privatization of such services can include the outright sale of system assets, or various forms of public-private partnershipsâ€from the simple provision of supplies and services, to private design construction and operation of treatment plants and distribution systems. Many factors are contributing to the growing interest in the privatization of water services. Higher operating costs, more stringent federal water quality and waste effluent standards, greater customer demands for quality and reliability, and an aging water delivery and wastewater collection and treatment infrastructure are all challenging municipalities that may be short of funds or technical capabilities. For municipalities with limited capacities to meet these challenges, privatization can be a viable alternative. Privatization of Water Services evaluates the fiscal and policy implications of privatization, scenarios in which privatization works best, and the efficiencies that may be gained by contracting with private water utilities. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering Eduardo Toledo Santos, Sergio Scheer, 2020-07-14 This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of information technology in civil and building engineering, presented at the 18th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE), São Paulo, Brazil, August 18-20, 2020. It covers highly diverse topics such as BIM, construction information modeling, knowledge management, GIS, GPS, laser scanning, sensors, monitoring, VR/AR, computer-aided construction, product and process modeling, big data and IoT, cooperative design, mobile computing, simulation, structural health monitoring, computer-aided structural control and analysis, ICT in geotechnical engineering, computational mechanics, asset management, maintenance, urban planning, facility management, and smart cities. Written by leading researchers and engineers, and selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, the contributions highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaborations. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Public Infrastructure Asset Management, Second Edition Waheed Uddin, W. Ronald Hudson, Ralph C. G. Haas, 2013-07-29 The Latest Tools and Techniques for Managing Infrastructure Assets Fully updated throughout, this practical resource provides a proven, cost-effective infrastructure asset management framework that integrates planning, design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and renovation. Public Infrastructure Asset Management, Second Edition, describes the most current methodologies for effectively managing roads, bridges, airports, utility services, water and waste facilities, parks, public buildings, and sports complexes. This comprehensive guide covers information management and decision support systems, including proprietary solutions and new technological developments such as cloud storage. The book discusses total quality management, economics, life-cycle analysis, and maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction programming. Up-to-date examples and real-world case studies illustrate the practical applications of the concepts presented in this thoroughly revised reference. This new edition features: Planning, needs assessment, and performance indicators Database management, data needs, and analysis Inventory, historical, and environmental data In-service monitoring and evaluation data Performance modeling and failure analysis Design for infrastructure service life Construction Maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction strategies, policies, and treatment alternatives Dealing with new or alternate concepts Prioritization, optimization, and work programs Integrated infrastructure asset management systems Visual IMS: an illustrative infrastructure management system and applications Available asset management system and commercial off-the-shelf providers Benefits of implementing an asset management system Sustainability, environmental stewardship, and asset management Future directions for infrastructure asset management |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: AquaRating Matthias Krause, Enrique Cabrera Jr, Francisco Cubillo, Carlos Diaz, Jorge Ducci, 2015-10-15 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in cooperation with the International Water Association (IWA), has developed a rating system that assesses the performance of water and sanitation service providers in a comprehensive way. AquaRating: An international standard for assessing water and wastewater services aims to provide an industry standard for utilities. The innovative rating system seeks the improvement of the service delivered by means of a rigorous and systematic assessment. AquaRating comprises more than 100 assessment elements organized in eight rating areas: Service Quality, Efficiency in the Planning and Execution of Investments, Operating Efficiency, Business Management Efficiency, Financial Sustainability, Access to Service, Corporate Governance, Environmental Sustainability. Each of the assessment elements and consecutively rating areas is assigned a rating (from 0 to 100), which in turn are aggregated into a single rating for the utility. Assessment elements consist of qualitative good practices and quantitative indicators. The total compliance with practices and achievement of the most demanding indicators levels means delivery of an excellent service and, therefore, awards a maximum rating of 100 points. AquaRating takes into account the quality of the information supporting the ratings results by correcting the rating for the reliability level of such information. The rating results are certifiable thanks to an independent audit of the supporting information. The expected benefits of the system are manifold: • Utilities - Identify areas of improvement, receive guidance and monitor progress over time. - Obtain an external and credible performance rating, which contributes to foster reputation, accountability and acceptance by key stakeholders, gain access to new markets and finance, and attract qualified staff. - Get access to a knowledge and assessment framework that fosters continuous learning. • Governments, regulators and development agencies - Use the system to stimulate utilities to maintain or improve their performance and to target technical assistance and finance according to the specific opportunities for improvement identified. • Consumers - Obtain better services in terms of access, quality, efficiency, sustainability and transparency. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Benchmarking Water Services Enrique Cabrera Jr, Peter Dane, Scott Haskins, Heimo Theuretzbacher-Fritz, 2011-03-01 Benchmarking has become a key tool in the water industry to promote and achieve performance targets for utilities. The use of this tool for performance improvement through systematic search and adaptation of leading practices, has expanded globally during the past decade. Many ongoing projects worldwide aim to address different needs and objectives, in varying contexts, with outstanding results and impact. Benchmarking Water Services provides valuable information to everyone interested in benchmarking in the water industry. The text is aimed at utilities considering joining a benchmarking project, experienced practitioners in charge of organizing a benchmarking exercise, consultants, regulators and researchers. The document is presented with a clear practice oriented approach and can be used as a how-to-benchmark guide presented from different perspectives (participants, organizers, supervising bodies). Readers will gain practical insight on real life benchmarking practices and will benefit from the experiences gained in some of the leading benchmarking projects of the water industry (including the IWA-WSAA benchmarking efforts, the European Benchmarking Co-operation and the several benchmarking projects carried out in Austria and Central Europe). The manual also presents the new IWA Benchmarking Framework, which aims to harmonize the terms used to describe benchmarking and performance indicators practices in the water industry, guaranteeing a more fluent and efficient communication. This Manual of Best Practice is edited by the IWA Specialist Group on Benchmarking and Performance Assessment, and co-published by AWWA and IWA Publishing. Praise for Benchmarking Water Services: The continual trend of conceptual to specifics throughout the book provides for an educational experience each time the book is either casually perused or carefully studied. The authors (Cabrera, Haskins and Fritiz) diligently pursue the focus of improvement. Benchmarking Water Services is an in depth and practical ‘must have’ guide for any utility currently engaged in or planning to develop a benchmarking process - Gregory M. Baird (2012) Benchmarking: An International Journal 19:2. More information about the book can be found on the Water Wiki in an article written by the author: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/TheNewIWABenchmarkingFramework A Spanish language version of this book is available as a free eBook: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/eBookTitlesfromIWAPublishingFreetoDownload-Volume2#HBenchmarkingParaServiciosdeAgua |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Remaining Asset Life: A State of the Art Review , In 2006, WERF initiated a program of research to assist water and wastewater utilities to improve strategic management of their pipelines, treatment works, and other physical assets. This report is an output of the fourth research track (Track 4) of WERF’s research program ‘Strategic Asset Management Communication and Implementation’ (SAM1R06).The goal of Track 4 is to contribute to the development of techniques, tools and methods for estimating residual life of wastewater assets. This report provides a synthesis of knowledge on available methods to estimate “end of life” and “remaining asset life.” Drawing on the literature and the knowledge of the research team and industry partners, information is presented on the factors that influence the life of the different asset classes involved in the provision of wastewater services. A taxonomy of asset life is given, along with a critical review of the conceptual linkages between risk, asset management, and remaining asset life. A review of techniques used to assess remaining asset life is included, as well as a detailed ‘state of the art’ review of modeling tools and approaches. One of the key questions to be addressed in this initial stage of the research was the state of knowledge for estimating and predicting remaining asset life, and the capacity to translate between condition and performance data (e.g., the presence of significant defects) and the residual life of an asset. In this regard, this report builds on previous work undertaken by the research team into protocols for condition and performance assessments, as detailed in WERF (2007). |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Water Transmission and Distribution American Water Works Association, 2003 Water distribution systems are made up of pipe, valves and pumps through which treated water is moved from the treament plant to homes, offices, industries, and other consumers. The types of materials and equipment used by each water system are usually governed by local conditions, past practices, and economics. Consequently, drinking water professionals must be knowledgeable about common types of equipment and operating methods that are available. Completely revised and updated, Water transmission and distribution includes information on the following: distribution system design and operation and maintenance ; piping materials ; valves, pumps, and water meters ; water main installation ; backfilling, main testing, and installation safety ; fire hyfrants ; water storage ; water services ; cross-connection control ; motors and engines ; instrumentation and control ; information management and public relations.--Cover page [4]. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Water Supply , 1992 |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Information Technology in Water and Wastewater Utilities, WEF MOP 33 Water Environment Federation, 2010-08-29 Practical Guidelines for Managing Information Technology in Water and Wastewater Utilities This Water Environment Federation resource presents an overview of the information technology (IT) systems, practices, and applications most relevant to utilities. Information Technology in Water and Wastewater Utilities covers strategic planning, IT program development, project management, infrastructure, security, organizational issues, success factors, and challenges. Six real-world case studies highlight specific technical details and illustrate the concepts presented in this authoritative guide. Information Technology in Waste and Wastewater Utilities covers: Business drivers and IT systems and applications IT planning Developing an IT program for a municipal agency IT capital project management IT systems--processes and practices IT security Organizational aspects of IT Critical success factors and key future challenges for IT in water and wastewater utility projects |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Manual , 2002 This manual contains overview information on treatment technologies, installation practices, and past performance.--Introduction. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Advances in Water and Wastewater Treatment Rao Y. Surampalli, R. D. Tyagi, 2004-01-01 Annotation Advances in Water and Wastewater Treatment provides state-of-the-art information on the application of innovative technologies for water and wastewater treatment with an emphasis on the scientific principles for pollutant or pathogen removal. Described in detail are the practice and principles of wastewater treatment on topics such as: global warming, sustainable development, nutrient removal, bioplastics production, biosolid digestion and composting, pathogen reduction, metal leaching, secondary clarifiers, surface and subsurface constructed wetland, and wastewater reclamation. Environmental engineers and scientists involved in the practice of environmental engineering will benefit from the basic principles to innovation technologies application.--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Improving Water Supply Networks: Fit for Purpose Strategies and Technologies Stuart Hamilton, Bambos Charalambous, Gary Wyeth, 2021-03-15 Knowing how to manage the losses from water supply networks and how to get to the next level in bettering your system is a major problem and one that is most common in the majority of water companies worldwide. Sometimes water companies set their sights too high and cannot deliver due to non-realistic targets setting. Of course this is considered or seen as a failure within the company or country when it is really just exceeding expectations of what can be delivered. The aim of System Losses from Water Supply Networks is to assist water companies to identify where they are on the ‘water loss ladder’ and what is required to move to the next level. The book will provide an understanding of what the water companies need to achieve and where they should be aiming for in their efforts to reduce water losses. The book provides useful and practical information on non-revenue water (NRW) issues and solutions enriched with relevant case studies. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Criticality Analysis Made Simple Tacoma Zach, 2014-11-24 Two big challenges face asset management and reliability engineering programs today: knowing where to start and setting priorities. A meaningful criticality analysis is key to solving this challenge of clarity on what is to be achieved, establishing priorities, and aligning and targeting resources. It is also the starting point for making sure stakeholders are working together towards achieving better outcomes. While a criticality analysis is one of the most important elements in an asset management program, it is perhaps the most overlooked and misunderstood. Criticality Analysis Made Simple explains criticality and shows how to conduct an efficent and effective criticality analysis, laying the foundation for delivering maximum value from your assets.The book starts by explaining criticality and addressing some common misperceptions, and then shows how a criticality analysis supports the overall aim of an asset management program. Practical instruction on how to conduct a criticality analysis is followed by a discussion of how to maximize and apply the benefits of the analysis, tying criticality in to the bottomline. Helpful case studies and a discussion of how a criticality analysis supports the aims of ISO55000 are also included.This book makes criticality analysis simple to understand and easier to apply. The concepts and approach outlined have been proven to be highly effective and very efficient in multiple organizations. Criticality Analysis Made Simple will be valuable for teams tasked with uncovering risk and criticality in their organizations and for business leaders looking for greater success from their asset management programs. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Water infrastructure comprehensive asset management has potential to help utilities better identify needs and plan future investments : report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate. , |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: CARE-W Sveinung Saegrov, 2005-08-31 CARE-W was a joint European initiative to develop a framework for water network rehabilitation. The project was supported by the European Commission under the Fifth Framework Programme for Research and Development. The aim of CARE-W was to support European water companies in their decisions on upgrading their water supply. The system has been developed for and tested by cities representing all parts of Europe. CARE-W consists of software dealing with fundamental instruments for estimating the current and future condition of water networks, including tools to assess performance indicators (PI), to predict pipe failures (FAIL) and to calculate water supply reliability (REL). Based on the results of these tools, annual rehabilitation projects are selected and ranked (ARP tool). Information of network is further used for the estimation of long-term investments needs (LTP). The tools are operated jointly within the CARE-W Manager, which also contains facilities for using pipe network databases, geographical information systems (GIS) and input/output routines. The results from using the procedures are presented by reports, in tables and graphically. Aimed at planning engineers, water utilities and municipalities and consultants working in the increasingly growing field of the planning of rehabilitation of water networks in cities. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Processes Involved in the Generation of Discolored Water P. Slaats, L. Rosenthal, W. Siegers, 2004 Customers increasingly expect that the water companies will supply high quality water at all times. There is a disturbing trend towards litigation when they fail to do this. Therefore discolored water is a high priority issue. The type and magnitude of any discoloration problem will be site specific. A method has become available to predict the occurrence of discolored water. The discolored water risk assessment strategy offers tools to solve problems in terms of water quality treatment, new design rules, and optimization of the cleaning strategy for water mains. There is a challenge ahead to convince the water companies that their money would be better spent on monitoring the level of particulates than flushing. A successful outcome of the negotiations with fire fighting authorities is absolutely critical to improve system design. RESEARCH PARTNER Kiwa |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Uniform System of Accounts (USOA) , 1995 |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Strong Towns Charles L. Marohn, Jr., 2019-10-01 A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new paradigm that can solve this longstanding problem. Inside, you’ll learn why inducing growth and development has been the conventional response to urban financial struggles—and why it just doesn’t work. New development and high-risk investing don’t generate enough wealth to support itself, and cities continue to struggle. Read this book to find out how cities large and small can focus on bottom-up investments to minimize risk and maximize their ability to strengthen the community financially and improve citizens’ quality of life. Develop in-depth knowledge of the underlying logic behind the “traditional” search for never-ending urban growth Learn practical solutions for ameliorating financial struggles through low-risk investment and a grassroots focus Gain insights and tools that can stop the vicious cycle of budget shortfalls and unexpected downturns Become a part of the Strong Towns revolution by shifting the focus away from top-down growth toward rebuilding American prosperity Strong Towns acknowledges that there is a problem with the American approach to growth and shows community leaders a new way forward. The Strong Towns response is a revolution in how we assemble the places we live. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Pipelines 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011-07-22 Proceedings of the Pipelines 2011 Conference, held in Seattle, Washington, July 23-27, 2011. Sponsored by the Pipeline Division of ASCE. This collection contains 135 peer-reviewed technical papers that discuss new solutions to some of the most critical infrastructure issues involving pipelines. The U.S. water and wastewater infrastructure systems are continuing to deteriorate. The recent economic downturn has increased the gap between current and required levels of funding. These serious financial constraints highlight the urgent need for creative and innovative solutions to improve our water and wastewater infrastructure systems. From the technical perspective, cost effective materials, proper planning, new design methods, innovative construction technologies, and advanced condition assessment technologies must be more aggressively developed, tested, and introduced to the industry. From the management perspective, optimal use of financial resources, smart and carefully crafted decision making processes on maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement activities must be made available, applied by and used by water and wastewater infrastructure agencies. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Sustainable Use of Water by Industry Cheryl Davis, Eric Rosenblum, 2020-11-15 Sustainable Use of Water by Industry: Perspectives, Incentives, and Tools |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Water Code Texas, 1972 |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Uniform System of Accounts for Water Utilities New Jersey. Board of Public Utilities, 1912 |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Innovative Wastewater Treatment & Resource Recovery Technologies: Impacts on Energy, Economy and Environment Juan M. Lema, Sonia Suarez Martinez, 2017-06-15 This book introduces the 3R concept applied to wastewater treatment and resource recovery under a double perspective. Firstly, it deals with innovative technologies leading to: Reducing energy requirements, space and impacts; Reusing water and sludge of sufficient quality; and Recovering resources such as energy, nutrients, metals and chemicals, including biopolymers. Besides targeting effective C,N&P removal, other issues such as organic micropollutants, gases and odours emissions are considered. Most of the technologies analysed have been tested at pilot- or at full-scale. Tools and methods for their Economic, Environmental, Legal and Social impact assessment are described. The 3R concept is also applied to Innovative Processes design, considering different levels of innovation: Retrofitting, where novel units are included in more conventional processes; Re-Thinking, which implies a substantial flowsheet modification; and Re-Imagining, with completely new conceptions. Tools are presented for Modelling, Optimising and Selecting the most suitable plant layout for each particular scenario from a holistic technical, economic and environmental point of view. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Drought Preparedness and Response , 2011 Providing a reliable supply of water requires being prepared for water shortages of varying degree and duration. What can a municipal water supplier do to mitigate water shortages caused by drought? Preparing for drought and water shortages before they occur is the best defense. This manual will help water managers facing water shortages by illustrating how to employ tried-and-true strategies and tactics of drought mitigation, as well as new tools and methods. Managing water shortages involves temporarily reducing demand and finding alternate water to temporarily increase supply. There are options available to water managers to accomplish this. The manual provides a proven, seven-step process to anticipate and respond to water shortages through a structured planning process. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Infrastructure Management Neil S. Grigg, 2010-12-12 According to a report released by the Water Infrastructure Network (WIN), over the next 20 years America's water and wastewater systems will have to invest an additional $20 billion a year to replace aging and failing infrastructure in order to comply with the national environmental and public health priorities in the Clean Water Act and Safe Drink |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: A Practitioner's Guide to Asset Allocation William Kinlaw, Mark P. Kritzman, David Turkington, 2017-05-02 Since the formalization of asset allocation in 1952 with the publication of Portfolio Selection by Harry Markowitz, there have been great strides made to enhance the application of this groundbreaking theory. However, progress has been uneven. It has been punctuated with instances of misleading research, which has contributed to the stubborn persistence of certain fallacies about asset allocation. A Practitioner's Guide to Asset Allocation fills a void in the literature by offering a hands-on resource that describes the many important innovations that address key challenges to asset allocation and dispels common fallacies about asset allocation. The authors cover the fundamentals of asset allocation, including a discussion of the attributes that qualify a group of securities as an asset class and a detailed description of the conventional application of mean-variance analysis to asset allocation.. The authors review a number of common fallacies about asset allocation and dispel these misconceptions with logic or hard evidence. The fallacies debunked include such notions as: asset allocation determines more than 90% of investment performance; time diversifies risk; optimization is hypersensitive to estimation error; factors provide greater diversification than assets and are more effective at reducing noise; and that equally weighted portfolios perform more reliably out of sample than optimized portfolios. A Practitioner's Guide to Asset Allocation also explores the innovations that address key challenges to asset allocation and presents an alternative optimization procedure to address the idea that some investors have complex preferences and returns may not be elliptically distributed. Among the challenges highlighted, the authors explain how to overcome inefficiencies that result from constraints by expanding the optimization objective function to incorporate absolute and relative goals simultaneously. The text also explores the challenge of currency risk, describes how to use shadow assets and liabilities to unify liquidity with expected return and risk, and shows how to evaluate alternative asset mixes by assessing exposure to loss throughout the investment horizon based on regime-dependent risk. This practical text contains an illustrative example of asset allocation which is used to demonstrate the impact of the innovations described throughout the book. In addition, the book includes supplemental material that summarizes the key takeaways and includes information on relevant statistical and theoretical concepts, as well as a comprehensive glossary of terms. |
| asset management for water and wastewater utilities: 2007 Benchmarking and Data Book of Water Utilities in India Asian Development Bank, 2007 |
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This presentation will cover the basics of asset management for small water and wastewater systems. This guidance does not confer legal rights or impose legal obligations upon any …
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Water and wastewater systems are made up of assets. Some of these assets are buried and are "invisible" while others are visible. Water system assets include wells, pipes, valves, storage …
Asset Management for Water & Wastewater Facilities
What is Asset Management? • Asset Management is a way to PLAN for REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT and replacement of your system's major components by evaluating them and …
Asset Management For Wastewater Utilities - efcnetwork.org
Mar 10, 2023 · Starting with a focus on the following four key principles of asset management will direct utilities to the right things to do first. What is asset management? The most successful …
ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR WATER UTILITIES - euci.com
• Explain what Asset Management is and the benefits it has to a Water and Wastewater organization • Describe the differences between a policy, a strategy and a plan
Maximize Asset Management’s Triple-Bottom-Line Benefits
is infrastructure asset management so important for water and wastewater utilities? Simply put, the practice yields important benefits—financial, social, and environmental.
Asset Management and Asset Inventory Report Guidance
The intent of asset management is to ensure the long -term sustainability of wastewater utilities. By helping make better decisions on when it is most appropriate to repair, replace, or
Asset Management Programs for Stormwater and Wastewater …
To battle this tendency, utilities (particularly wastewater and drinking water utilities) have developed and implemented formal asset management programs (AMPs) to reduce …
Standards and Guidelines for Utility Work & Asset …
Standard: All assets will be analyzed for risk-based criticality. These scores are an expression of the assets current condition (i.e. the risk present in the system today). The formula below …
Asset Management - The Water Research Foundation
To effectively manage water infrastructure, utilities must answer the question: Is it the right work and the right investment at the right time and for the right reason?
Asset Management: A Best Practices Guide - Maine
How to implement an asset management program. This guide is intended for owners, managers, and operators of water systems, local officials, technical assistance providers, and state …
Asset Management Guidance and Best Practices - The Official …
Asset management is the management of the physical components of a drinking water or wastewater system and can include: pipe, valves, tanks, pumps, wells, hydrants, treatment …
Asset Management Plans and the Clean Water State …
EPA’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) is a source of financing for wastewater utilities’ asset management planning eforts as well as capital expenditures. Asset management …
Water Infrastructure Asset Management - NEWEA
mental regulations. Adopting an asset management approach offers utilities a way to make better decisions about budgets and investments in assets and run their organi-zations more …
Asset Management Guidance for Wastewater and Stormwater …
There is an approach to managing the assets of the system that can assist the utility with making better decisions on caring for these aging assets. This approach is called asset management.
Asset Management - Planning for the Future - Wisconsin DNR
medium sized drinking water and wastewater utilities • Purpose: provide tools and resources that can be used to implement asset management practices, including: • Developing an asset …
Reference Guide for Asset Management Tools - U.S.
Asset management is the practice of managing infrastructure capital assets to minimize the total cost of owning and operating them, while delivering the service level customers desire. Asset …
Water Infrastructure Financial Leadership - U.S. Environmental ...
EPA’s website outlines the important steps of asset management for water and wastewater utilities. It describes the benefits of effective asset management and provides links to a range …
Asset Management: A Guide For Water and Wastewater …
These guidebooks address core issues regarding water system sustainability: auditing water use to reduce water losses and increase system efficiency, financial planning and management to …
Asset Management - The Water Research Foundation
Asset management is a collection of processes and practices, and the right combination can make the difference between consistent, reliable water service and system failures. WRF has …
Asset Management 101 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
This presentation will cover the basics of asset management for small water and wastewater systems. This guidance does not confer legal rights or impose legal obligations upon any …
Asset Management Guidance for Water and Wastewater …
Water and wastewater systems are made up of assets. Some of these assets are buried and are "invisible" while others are visible. Water system assets include wells, pipes, valves, storage …
Asset Management for Water & Wastewater Facilities
What is Asset Management? • Asset Management is a way to PLAN for REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT and replacement of your system's major components by evaluating them and …
Asset Management For Wastewater Utilities - efcnetwork.org
Mar 10, 2023 · Starting with a focus on the following four key principles of asset management will direct utilities to the right things to do first. What is asset management? The most successful …
ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR WATER UTILITIES - euci.com
• Explain what Asset Management is and the benefits it has to a Water and Wastewater organization • Describe the differences between a policy, a strategy and a plan
Maximize Asset Management’s Triple-Bottom-Line Benefits
is infrastructure asset management so important for water and wastewater utilities? Simply put, the practice yields important benefits—financial, social, and environmental.
Asset Management and Asset Inventory Report Guidance
The intent of asset management is to ensure the long -term sustainability of wastewater utilities. By helping make better decisions on when it is most appropriate to repair, replace, or
Asset Management Programs for Stormwater and …
To battle this tendency, utilities (particularly wastewater and drinking water utilities) have developed and implemented formal asset management programs (AMPs) to reduce …
Standards and Guidelines for Utility Work & Asset …
Standard: All assets will be analyzed for risk-based criticality. These scores are an expression of the assets current condition (i.e. the risk present in the system today). The formula below …
Asset Management - The Water Research Foundation
To effectively manage water infrastructure, utilities must answer the question: Is it the right work and the right investment at the right time and for the right reason?
Asset Management: A Best Practices Guide - Maine
How to implement an asset management program. This guide is intended for owners, managers, and operators of water systems, local officials, technical assistance providers, and state …
Asset Management Guidance and Best Practices - The …
Asset management is the management of the physical components of a drinking water or wastewater system and can include: pipe, valves, tanks, pumps, wells, hydrants, treatment …
Asset Management Plans and the Clean Water State …
EPA’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) is a source of financing for wastewater utilities’ asset management planning eforts as well as capital expenditures. Asset …
Water Infrastructure Asset Management - NEWEA
mental regulations. Adopting an asset management approach offers utilities a way to make better decisions about budgets and investments in assets and run their organi-zations more …
Asset Management Guidance for Wastewater and …
There is an approach to managing the assets of the system that can assist the utility with making better decisions on caring for these aging assets. This approach is called asset management.
Asset Management - Planning for the Future - Wisconsin DNR
medium sized drinking water and wastewater utilities • Purpose: provide tools and resources that can be used to implement asset management practices, including: • Developing an asset …
Reference Guide for Asset Management Tools - U.S.
Asset management is the practice of managing infrastructure capital assets to minimize the total cost of owning and operating them, while delivering the service level customers desire. Asset …
Water Infrastructure Financial Leadership - U.S.
EPA’s website outlines the important steps of asset management for water and wastewater utilities. It describes the benefits of effective asset management and provides links to a range …
