Ross: And I think too Heather, just clicked back to that slide from Toledo, Ohio because they've had the "Do not drink (notice)" for the entire population due to that. They’re getting through the treatment plant. And yes that’s a different cause of the problem from a break or the Boston one …
Criticality and Overall Cost in Water Utilities Asset Management
Heather: And the other thing to think about is, different breaks have different criticality to a water utility. So a small break on a side street that it’s just tricking down the road, impacting a couple of customers is not the same as a major water main break that impacts the whole town …
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Holistic Impact of Infrastructure Management Actions to the Utility Community
Why should the utility worry about the cost of pipe breaks that don’t affect the utility? For example, blocking traffic. Dawn: This came whenever we have the earlier discussion about the cost were associated with the water line breaks in LA, and so you know you’re talking about the various …
Three Important Sources of Asset Management Knowledge
To remind webinar participants of the people and organizations responsible for the "Ask-the-Experts" webinar series, Heather presented the "Contact Information" slide (see image above). Heather says: You can see, mine, Dawn and Ross’s contact information there if you have questions following …
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Best Way to Tracking Operation and Maintenance Cost
"Based on experience at different places, what is the best way to track O & M (operation and maintenance) cost?" Ross replies: So just to our listeners there, I got the job of rewriting the Asset Information System section of the International Infrastructure Management Manual back in 2011 …
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Developing Levels of Services – Heart of Infrastructure Asset Management
Ross delivers a 30-minute presentation on "Levels of Service" talking on understanding levels of service as the heart of infrastructure asset management. In this 7th of 16 videos of the "Introduction to Practical Asset Management" series, Ross takes you to: some of the resources availablemajor …
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Answers to Challenging Infrastructure Asset Management Questions
Water Research Foundation, USA have published in the final report Answers to Challenging Infrastructure Management Questions. My thanks to Dan Ellison at HDR for bringing this to my attention (via LinkedIn). This report has a wealth of good information around the management of pipelines …
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Asset Management Information Systems Discussion and Overview Guidance
In relation to the question on the best way to track O & M cost, Heather gave guidance and discussion on the asset management information system. Heather: I was just going to mention that you know it’s something that comes up a lot if the question is also getting at, you know, “What kind …
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Why Small Water Utilities Should Do Asset Management Themselves
In a small water utility system with a small number of staff members who are still learning, the normal tendency is to hire a professional to do the asset management job. Heather advised against this option. She explained that having the plan at the level that you yourselves can implement is …
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Asset Valuation and Insurance Issues in Infrastructure Asset Management
A webinar participant asked the questions below: "Based on experience at different places, what is the best way to track O & M (operation and maintenance) cost, and how to estimate the asset value, depreciation, all the equipment refurbishments for replacement pricing and insurance …
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Video: Know Your Asset Management Policy and Strategy
The fourth of the 16-video seminar titled, "Introduction to Practical Asset Management - Summary Series" is now available for your watching. In this summary series video, Ross defined Asset Management Policy and Strategy, mentioning the importance of context in one's asset management …
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Fixed Costs and Variable Costs Impact of Shrinking or Declining Towns
The discussion on the question below continues with Heather and Ross providing more insights. "Is there a formula or is research being done to assist utilities balancing aging infrastructure with the possibility that the customer base will decline? The population in our area is declining. If we …
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