In the previous video, Ross asked Heather to share their challenges as they implement an asset management program with water utilities. In this video, Ross discusses the declining population in some communities and rapid growth in others due to economic decline or increase. This issue isn't only …
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 5 – Challenges Encountered
"The Southwest EFC story isn't without any challenges," Heather reveals in this video. Heather narrated the many challenges during their 15 years of asset management with water utilities. Discover the asset management lessons they learned in their infrastructure management journey. In this …
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Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 4 – Asset Management Tools for Utilities
Considering the 20 years of helping small to medium water utilities, including 15 years of asset management application, Ross asked Heather to explain more about the asset management tools they developed and used. Heather begins by presenting that the number one challenge they face in the United …
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 3 – Funding the AM Program
In this video, Ross asked Heather about the source of funding for the asset management program that the Southwest EFC is implementing with small and medium water utilities. Heather shared how their asset management developed from the funding stream that they have received. She said that …
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Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 2 – How the AM Program Started
This is the second of a 10-video series on the Southwest EFC Asset Management story. It features an interview with Heather Himmelberger, Director of the SWEFC, by Ross Waugh, Inframanage.com. In this video, Heather talks about how their organization started its asset management journey about 15 …
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The Metro Manila Water Crisis and Infrastructure Management Planning
In our previous blog, "Water Shortage in Manila – How Asset Management Planning Helps," we wrote about the water crisis in the east end of Metro Manila. While we have mentioned that the shortage advisories started in early March, the water crisis have been hovering all along. Manila Water, …
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Water Shortage in Manila – How Asset Management Planning Helps
A huge issue that can happen to a water utility service company and its customers is failing to provide enough or no supply of its primary commodity. This is happening in Metro Manila, particularly with the Manila Water Company. Since early March, water supply shortage has besieged Manila Water, …
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Asset Management Reflections on the Water Infrastructure Act
The U.S. Senate and the President signed a new piece of legislation that is set to improve the upgrade and maintenance of water infrastructure all over the country. The Water Infrastructure Act (known as WIA) will allow states to put more finance into water infrastructure and is hoped to ensure …
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Water Utility Management Lessons from Lansing’s Water System Project
Lansing, Michigan has succeeded in replacing all of it's 12,500 lead pipes. This large project has come at a high cost for the utility, but with careful investment, it has become a very manageable cost. The city has succeeded in avoiding problems that have arisen in other areas of the state of …
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Applying Infrastructure Asset Management Practice to Shun “Day Zero”
Cape Town, South Africa is facing a very dire situation due to a three-year-long mega-drought. By May, the city was expecting to have to turn off its water supply and hand out a meager 25 liters per day to its citizens, who will have to make their way through long and potentially dangerous crowds …
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Asset Management Career in the Water Infrastructure Sector Pushed
In the USA, many water infrastructure upgrades are going to be needed in the next couple of decades. There is a growing concern, however, that with many laborers in this field set to retire soon, there may not be enough people to do the jobs. Brookings Metropolitan Policy Programme, based in …
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How Infrastructure Asset Management Boosts Infra Spending in Rural US
The US Department of Agriculture has recognized several pressing needs in rural US communities and has plans to invest $267 million to improve water and wastewater systems in 103 projects. Many of these communities have very limited water infrastructure and the risk of contamination. Water …
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