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California passed two laws in June 2018 that aim to future-proof the state's water supply, setting a consumption limit for the first time. These laws have been in effect since January 2019 and have been legislated to create a resilience plan for future climate change and droughts. California …
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Bangalore, officially called Bengaluru, is one of India's fastest-growing cities. This city was once known as India's garden city and was built among a scattering of lakes that made for a very lush and fertile environment. However, with the economic boom that brought many of the city's …
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Madison Utility in Wisconsin is taking an exciting route to introduce people to water conservation and sustainable living. The utility owns some excess land and has decided to develop it and build a set of houses that will be completely eco-friendly and prove that it is possible to use half of …
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Looking back at the initial days of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a nationwide panic-buying of toilet paper in the United States. The toilet paper shortage has left people to substitute other paper forms for their lavatory needs. These other kinds of paper, such as paper towels, …
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In 2019, Vietnam partnered with Singleton Council, one of New South Wales Australia's local governments, to improve their water infrastructure. The utility exchange program is an initiative by the Australian Water Association. Members from Singleton Council's water and sewer services team will …
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Accessibility means uninterrupted mobility, especially with persons with some form of disabilities – people in the wheelchair, using canes, walkers, rolling walkers with seas, forearm crutches, and those with reduced mobility reach their full potential. Like many of us, these people also have …
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Visible public infrastructure such as roads and bridges often garner raised awareness and attention - particularly undergoing repair or replacement. Missouri American Water acknowledged and challenged this reality by highlighting invisible infrastructure for 'Infrastructure Week' in June 2019. …
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We have added three more videos covering the "Optimised Decision Making" topic in Ross Waugh's lecture series on Introduction to Asset Management. As mentioned in the previous post, this lecture series was created to assist Weltec and Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand with their BEngTech Asset …
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Conversations with Evan is a video series that Ross Waugh started to provide asset management learning and information based on on-going questions and answers with Evan Arias, a Senior Civil Engineer based in the Philippines. In this first question and answer video, Ross responds to Evan's query …
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We have put up on our Free Subscription asset management resource site the lecture videos that Ross Waugh produced for the University of Auckland students and Inframanage.com subscribers. In the Infrastructure Management Series Part 1 - Demand Management video, he discussed the following …
The United States has a high level of water utility fragmentation. There are many small providers and utilities spread throughout various states, cities, districts, and zones. This system has made water infrastructure management difficult and multi-layered. However, some utilities have begun to …
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In this 10th video, the last of the series, Ross asked Heather the lessons they've learned along the way. He had observed that the Southwest EFC has been doing a great job implementing asset management planning with utilities in the last 15 years. Watch this video to see Heather …
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