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Do you have any advice on how to convince a small system that they need to have an asset management plan? Heather: My advice is, that it’s very important to work with them on whatever their biggest problem is and show them how asset management can help them solve that issue as a way to get …
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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 …
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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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 …
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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"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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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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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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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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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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In the previous post "Infrastructure Management in Shrinking or Declining Towns" there were two questions. Ross Waugh responded to the first question on that blog post. This blog post presents Ross' response to the other question, which reads: Is there a formula or is research being done to …
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Have you run into situations where replacement cost cannot be supported by current use? What do you recommend when the cost structure points towards the discontinuation of service in a particular area? Is there a formula or is research being done to assist utilities balancing aging infrastructure …
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