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Infrastructure Asset Management Resources
Douglas County, Colorado has relied on water from shallow aquifers that lie beneath the western prairies for generations. This water has been very inexpensive and now is beginning to run dry. The county commission has set itself a new goal, which is to convince residents to stop using the ancient …
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A few days ago the American electric car maker Tesla announced details of its Model 3 car, priced from USD $35,000. The Model 3 will also be available in some more countries, including New Zealand where I live. Seating 5 adults, and with a range of 215 miles (346 km) per charge the Model 3 is …
Farmers in California are struggling to keep their crops irrigated and have turned to a new solution: buying urban wastewater. The Del Puerto Water District in the Central Valley is headed by Anne Hansen, who has definitely jumped on the urban wastewater solution bandwagon. Buying water on the …
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Medford, Oregon, like many other cities, grappled with the problem of treating sewage without harming fish due to the warm water released into the Rogue River by their wastewater treatment plant. The EPA has rules and regulations about water temperature, but in the past, they were difficult or …
Recently, it came to the attention of the EPA that the Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA) has breached the Clean Water Act with excess sewage overflow due to its combined sewer overflow into the Delaware River and its branches. In order to solve this problem, the …
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Towards the conclusion of the 5 November 2015 Ask-the-Expert Webinar, Heather pointed out where to find further infrastructure asset management resources. Heather says: Okay, I think we’re getting towards the end of our time today. We only have an hour webinar today. So if there’s any other …
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“With aging infrastructure and with limited, if there’s any, records, are there any tools or best practices for figuring replacement cost for assets and/or their classes?” Heather: Okay, tools to figure out cost? I don’t know of any particular tool that’s set up for that exact purpose. That …
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“Are there any templates that you are aware of that can serve to track assets, something simple that is already developed which contain headings and indicating the information ones you should track for assets? For example, asset type, location. age, etc.” Heather: Well, we have developed a …
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In a paper featured in the American Journal of Political Science, both public and privatized utilities are compared and the results suggest that neither models are the perfect solution. Private utilities often set their rates based on the cost of their investments, which means they can charge …
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A participant shared that they have started doing asset inventory. She expressed that numbering assets are a bit overwhelming so she asked for some recommendations. In the previous post "How to Number Assets without Being Overwhelmed," Heather shared a couple of ways. Then she asked Ross to share …
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A participant asked, “We have little to no records on the system assets so we have recently started doing an inventory of manholes, valves, etc. How do you recommend numbering the assets? It seems a bit overwhelming.” Heather: I’m going to give you an answer and turn it over to Ross. There …
After Ross explained the Simple Infrastructure Asset Management Diagram 3 in the previous post, Heather commented further. She cited that the most important part of asset management is the thinking part. Heather says: Yeah, I think, it’s just another opportunity to bring us back to the idea …
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