The Economist Magazine has just published a very interesting and informative article on US population and demography changes and the long-term national advantages that Hispanic immigration is giving the United States. The article provides a very good overview of US demographics and is well worth …
Pittsburgh, PA Hurdles Bumps to Water Demand Management
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is gearing up for its 5th Annual Marcellus & Utica Shale (Natural Gas and Oil production) Water Management Initiative on March 23-25. In preparation for the conference, industry professionals were given a survey to evaluate what the industry really believes about …
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Water Scheme and Future Demand Management May Conquer Drought in Utah and Western States
Drought across the Midwest is continuing to raise concerns over water scarcity and having the supply to meet future demand. In spite of this, some groups believe that finding the right price point for water customers will be the key. At a conference for water utility finance managers held …
Infrastructure Asset Management – Sacramento Upgrades Water Meters over Water Mains
Sacramento, California has made some tough decisions recently about which areas of its water infrastructure it will upgrade first. The areas in question are the water meters of the entire city or the water mains and other projects. The City Council has allowed Sacramento to draw from funds …
Vanuatu – A Utility Infrastructure Management Perspective
I am sure many of the readers of this site will be following the unfolding story of the damage from Cyclone Pam in the small Pacific nation of Vanuatu. This has been a very large cyclone (typhoon) and has caused widespread damage. Yesterday, immediately after the cyclone communications and …
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Architects Design Water Resiliency Infrastructure for Boston and New York
Following the example of cities such as Hoboken and New Orleans, the cities of Boston, Massachusetts and New York City have both announced exciting new resiliency projects. The project in Boston is called "Living With Water" and is a competition for architects to redesign Boston for the year …
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Controversy Surrounds O’Fallon, IL as They Prepare to Lease their Water Utility
The mayor of O'Fallon, Illinois says that leasing the city's water and wastewater systems to a private company would generate $50 million that could pay for citywide improvements. The issue of water is the hot topic on O'Fallon's April 7 election ballot. Three companies are going head to head …
Should Inventory and Asset Management Plan Updating Be the Responsibility of All-Volunteer Board?
For a small water utility that's manned by an all-volunteer board, there's a question on who will do the updating of inventory and asset management plan. Heather replied that once you've got the process in place, again looking at it as a very small utility that maybe now a lot is changing, it …
Hoboken, NJ Awarded for Flood Risk Management Solutions
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has designated the City of Hoboken, New Jersey as a Role Model City for its flood risk management practices. These include the use of green infrastructure to retain large amounts of stormwater runoff. Hoboken is only the second city in the …
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Richmond, Virginia Addresses its Combined Sewer Overflow Systems
Richmond, Virginia has had a fair amount of problems with its water mains recently which has led the city to debate whether they should or shouldn't boil their water. Their outdated combined sewer overflow system is constantly keeping residents guessing as to how much waste the city is dumping in …
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How to Improve and Monitor Your Asset Management Plan
As you go through the process of preparing your asset management plan, you will realize there are lots of gaps in your data and assumptions. How do you move forward to bridging these gaps in your asset management plan? How do you identify and undertake improvements? How do you improve your …
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Asset Management Plan Improvement and Monitoring – Summary Series
In this summary video, Ross discusses the following subtopics: assessing the status of your asset management planidentifying your improvement actionsprioritizing those actionsdeveloping an improvement plandelivering that improvement planmonitoring the outcomes Watch Ross gave a quick overview …
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