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30/07/2017 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

Water Utility Planning – Is Deep Uncertainty Analysis A Better Option?

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Using deep uncertainty analysis, Denver Water is investigating storing water in aquifers for later recovery. 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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Civil Infrastructure Management, General Information, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Innovation, Infrastructure Management Discussions, Infrastructure Management Education, Infrastructure Management Innovation, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management Tagged With: asset management, asset management planning, deep uncertainty tools, optimised decision making, Society for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty, uncertainty theory, US water utilities asset management

14/03/2016 By Ross Waugh 3 Comments

On-Site Water Systems – Its Impact on Water and Infrastructure Asset Management

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Nonpotable Water Program allows the collection and treatment of alternate water sources to occur within one building or for multiple buildings to share treated alternate water sources for nonpotable uses. (Water Online) Many cities are searching for ways to develop and manage local resources. The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), through its sustainable integrated water … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Asset Management Plan, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management Innovation, Infrastructure Risk Management, Infrastructure Service Delivery, Stormwater Infrastructure Management, Wastewater Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities USA Tagged With: asset management, Asset Management Plan, asset management planning, infrastructure management, municipal authorities, municipalities, Non potable water uses, United States, US water utilities asset management, Water Environment Research Foundation, water utilities

15/06/2015 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

Best Infrastructure Asset Management – NE Fixes South Platte River Issue

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Platte River Nebraska The South Platte River that flows into Nebraska has been recently high but flooding impact has been limited. Central Platte Natural Resources District (CPNRD) board spent almost $17 million over the last few years to rehabilitate three Dawson County irrigation canals to deal with the excess water from the river. Most of the diversions of the river into the canals … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Asset Management Plan, Future Demand, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Innovation, Infrastructure Management Innovation, Infrastructure Management Planning, Stormwater Infrastructure Management Tagged With: asset management, asset management planning, Demand, Floodwater diversion, Future Demand, Infrastructure Innovation, infrastructure management, Irrigation systems, Nebraska, south platte river, United States

10/04/2015 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

In Preparation for Water Week

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Waterton Lakes National Park, Montana, USA The Water Environment Federation, or WEF, as it's known in the industry, has always celebrated thinking outside the box when it comes to water strategies and technologies. Eileen O'Neill, Executive Director of WEF comments as Water Week 2015 approaches and experts all over the USA get ready to converge and discuss plans for the future of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conferences, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Management Innovation, Stormwater Infrastructure Management, Wastewater Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities USA Tagged With: asset management, Conferences, infrastructure management usa, United States, US water utilities asset management, voice of water coalition, water utilities, Water Week 2015

27/03/2015 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

Arizona Strengthens Groundwater Supply Resilience thru Innovative Partnership

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Lake Powell, Arizona In order to combat drought in Arizona, a partnership between the state's publicly owned supplier of Colorado River water and private water company Liberty Utilities has been utilized to replenish Groundwater. With financial aid from the Central Arizona Project, Liberty Utilities will construct an $8 million recharge facility near Luke Air Force Base. The CAP will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Future Demand, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Innovation, Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Management Innovation, Infrastructure Management Planning, Infrastructure Service Delivery, Stormwater Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities USA Tagged With: asset management, asset management planning, Future Demand, Future Infrastructure Management, infrastructure management, Sustainability, sustainable infrastructure management, United States, US water utilities asset management

04/03/2015 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

How Can New Orleans Avoid Making a Serious Water Problem Worse

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A levee in New Orleans New Orleans is a city that deals with water issues on a sometimes daily basis. As flood-level water pours in, they have a system of levees and pump stations that can have the city clear of the water in 30 minutes. This all seems good at surface level, but below the surface, problems abound. The main one being: the land under the city is sinking. This is due to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management Plan, Civil Infrastructure Management, Future Infrastructure Management Implications, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Innovation, Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Management Innovation, Stormwater Infrastructure Management, Wastewater Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities USA Tagged With: asset management, Future Infrastructure Management, infrastructure management, Mississippi River, New Orleans, Stormwater management, United States, US water utilities asset management, Water cycle management, water utilities

09/02/2015 By Ross Waugh 1 Comment

Infrastructure Asset Management Planning Needed If Florida Recycles Its Wastewater

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Miami Beach, Florida Florida, along with many other states is facing drinking water shortages in the long term. As a result, they are trying to come up with new ways to meet the water needs of the state. A thought on the horizon for Florida is to recycle their wastewater, potentially use the recycled water for irrigation and eventually for drinking water. USA Today … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Innovation, Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Management Innovation, Infrastructure Management Planning, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities USA Tagged With: asset management, asset management planning, Demand management planning, drinking water florida, Florida, Future Demand, Future Infrastructure Management, infrastructure management, recycling wastewater, United States, US water utilities asset management

28/01/2015 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

Asset Management Impacts of Kansas’ Smarter Infrastructure Dream

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Kansas City is just one of many cities who are looking at incorporating new "smart" technology into its core infrastructure. The technology itself is innovative and has the potential to really improve things, but the concern is that the cost is too high. Fortune Magazine examines the idea in depth in their article, "Cities are looking to technology to save electricity used by street … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management Plan, Future Infrastructure Management Implications, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Innovation, Infrastructure Management Innovation, Infrastructure Management Planning, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities USA Tagged With: asset management, Asset Management Plan, asset management planning, forecasting infrastructure management, Future Demand, Future Infrastructure Management, infrastructure management, Kansas City, United States, US water utilities asset management

24/01/2015 By Ross Waugh 1 Comment

Infrastructure Management Outlook on St. Louis Eyeing Selling Water

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St. Louis, Missouri is looking to the future and realizing it is well-placed to supply water to other drier states as the demand increases. If they continue to follow in that vein of thought, well-implemented infrastructure asset management will need to be put in place to ensure that the region can sustain the provision of water for itself and for selling on to those areas which are in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Funding, Infrastructure Innovation, Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Management Innovation, Infrastructure Revenue, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities USA Tagged With: Alternate revenue streams, asset management, asset management planning, asset management strategy, Capacity analysis, drought-stressed USA regions, Future Demand, infrastructure management, st. louis water utilities, United States, US water utilities asset management, water utility, western united states

31/12/2014 By Ross Waugh 1 Comment

Infrastructure Asset Management Application of ‘Deliberate Practice’

Deliberate Practice Asset Management

In October 2014 the NAMS Forum 'Advanced Asset Management, A Journey to Excellence' was held in Auckland, New Zealand.   The Forum organizers asked Ross to develop a presentation that provoked thought and discussion for the Forum attendees, and the technical streams that followed. Ross developed a paper and presentation based on Geoff Colvin's book 'Talent is Overrated'' which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Conference Paper, Inframanage Learning, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management Innovation Tagged With: 2014 NAMS Forum, asset management, Asset Management Resources, Conferences, Future Infrastructure Management, infrastructure management, Ross Waugh

29/11/2014 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

Infrastructure Asset Management Impacts of Nuclear Fusion Reactors

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There is a very interesting article in The Australian newspaper regarding the work that Lockheed Martin the US Defence contractor is doing with small nuclear fusion reactors.   What used to be the stuff of science fiction appears to be getting closer to reality - although the Australian newspaper article notes there are still many hurdles to be overcome.  The video is well worth watching … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Future Infrastructure Management Implications, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Innovation, Infrastructure Management Innovation Tagged With: compact nuclear fusion, energy requirement, Future Demand, future infrastructure demand, infrastructure management planning, nuclear fusion reactor, power generation, small nuclear fusion reactors

30/09/2014 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

Dancing Traffic Light, Using Non-Asset Solution to Fix a Real Problem

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I came across this short video the other day and thought I might share it, as it illustrates some 'out of the box' thinking that can help us as we consider infrastructure asset management. Traditionally, when a problem is presented to be solved in an infrastructure field, we will engineer a solution - often involving the construction of assets. In this case, the problem presented is 'people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Civil Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Innovation, Infrastructure Management Innovation, Infrastructure Service Delivery, Transportation Infrastructure Management Tagged With: asset management, Demand, Future Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Innovation, Non asset solutions, optimized decision-making, transportation asset management

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