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 the eventual reality of all Americans having personal access to safe drinking water. Water … [Read more...]
American Public Works Association PWX to be held in Kansas City, MO
The APWA Public Works Expo (PWX) will be held in Kansas City, Missouri on 26th-29th August 2018 in conjunction with the International Federation of Municipal Engineers (IFME) World Congress In New Zealand, IPWEA NZ is a member of IFME and a sister organization of APWA. Ross has attended and presented at the previous two IFME World Congresses in Helsinki, Finland in 2012 and … [Read more...]
Inframanage Team Attends Pacific Water Conference, Noumea 6th-10th August, 2018
The 11th Pacific Water and Wastewater Conference will be held in Noumea, New Caledonia from 6th-10th August 2018. Members of our team will be attending this Conference, which is a vital forum for the discussion of water and wastewater issues across Pacific Island countries. This includes infrastructure management issues. This Conference is somewhat unique in including Ministerial … [Read more...]
Inframanage Blog 2018 – More Infrastructure Asset Management Education
Those of you who have been regular visitors to the Inframanage Blog will have noted that it has been a long time since the last blog post - back in late 2017. A combination of high consulting workload, study, and family responsibilities has created this gap, and in effect created a lack of 'bandwidth' to regularly blog. This combination of events has now passed, and as of today, regular blog … [Read more...]
Water Utility Planning – Is Deep Uncertainty Analysis A Better Option?
A new scientific society, the Society for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty, is arguing that water managers need to use a different system of analysis for planning ahead. The Society thinks that uncertainty in this time of rapid environmental and social change implies that managers need to consider potential outcomes and the probability of those outcomes occurring. The deep … [Read more...]
Infrastructure Asset Management Impacts of the Electronic Vehicle Disruption in
Tony Seba has published an updated lecture: The Electric Vehicle Disruption - End of Oil 2030 Having attended a lecture by Tony Seba two years ago, I have found his analysis coherent, well-researched, and well worth taking note of. If you are involved in transportation infrastructure management, or you own an internal combustion engine vehicle, then this presentation is well worth your … [Read more...]
ASCE 2017 Infrastructure Report Card and Asset Management Planning
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) release a report on the state of the USA’s general infrastructure both on a Federal and State level every few years, with the previous report being issued in 2013. The ASCE conducts this detailed report in sixteen major target areas of infrastructure, such as Roads, Transit, Rail, Inland Waterways, Wastewater and Drinking water to name a … [Read more...]
Another Infrastructure Asset Management Year for Inframanage.com
For those of you who follow this blog, you will have realized that it has been a slow start to the year for the blog. Here in New Zealand, January is the month of our summer vacations, and this year it was coupled with some family celebrations that saw the month disappear. During February we were undertaking a range of background activities on the site to improve security and get the site … [Read more...]
USDA Provides $314 Million in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements in Rural Communities
On 2 November 2015, the USDA Secretary announced that they will be awarding $314 Million to upgrade and repair water and wastewater systems across the US - mostly in rural communities. The money is being divided between two grant programs: the Waste and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program (which is receiving $299 Million) and the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant (ECWAG) program, … [Read more...]
Imagine a Day Without Water – Kentucky Raises Water Infrastructure Awareness
Kentucky American Water is part of a nationwide initiative to raise public awareness of the crucial existence and maintainability of water infrastructure. This initiative is called "Imagine a Day Without Water" and hopes to put things into perspective for consumers who perhaps don't think about the infrastructure that they don't see. KyForward reports: "The good news is, we can be ahead … [Read more...]
Will “Smart Cities Initiative” Spur Cities to Invest in Infrastructure?
The former Obama Administration had noticed a problem in the U.S. - people don't feel inclined to invest in infrastructure. This, coupled with the fact that mass infrastructure and technology upgrades are needed across the country, has led the government to recently launch a new "smart cities" initiative, which will offer funding and cost-effective solutions to growing cities all over the U.S. … [Read more...]
White House Water Conservation Initiative – A Future Demand Case
In Washington D.C. The White House has launched an ambitious effort to convince the private sector that water conservation is a priority investment for the coming year. USA Today reports: "Water is a huge challenge in this country, and I think we all know that, "Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said at a meeting at the White House. "It’s important we have all hands on deck. Jewell … [Read more...]