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 …
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Delaware County, Pennsylvania to Reduce Sewage Discharges into River
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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Where To Find Webinar Resources on Asset Management
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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Figuring Replacement Cost of Aging Infrastructure
“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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Tips to Tracking Assets – Infrastructure Management
“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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Public Utilities Privatization – Study Weighs Pros and Cons
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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Asset Inventory – Numbering Infrastructure Assets Using Maps and Hierarchy
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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Asset Inventory – How to Number Infrastructure Assets without Being Overwhelmed
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 …
The Most Important Part of Asset Management
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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Explaining the Simple Infrastructure Asset Management Diagram 3
A participant requested to walk them through an example of how to use the Simple Infrastructure Asset Management Diagram 3. Ross explains: Thank you. Look, the walkthrough on the diagram takes about four hours in terms of looking at the detail. Simply and very quickly if we’re looking at …
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White House Water Conservation Initiative – A Future Demand Case
In Washington D.C. The White House has launched an ambitious effort to convince the private sector that water conservation is a priority investment for the coming year. USA Today reports: "Water is a huge challenge in this country, and I think we all know that, "Interior Secretary Sally Jewell …
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Organizing Infrastructure Asset Data into Risk Profile Categories
Still responding to a participant's comment on using digital photography to build up infrastructure asset information, Heather asked Ross whether in New Zealand they are doing a lot with digital photography. Do you see systems using that as part of their record-keeping, she asked? Ross …
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