The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure recently awarded Kansas City Water's Middle Blue River Green Infrastructure projects their Envision Platinum award. These projects were specifically engineered to cut combined sewer overflows and improve water quality in the project region - which includes 744 acres of watershed flowing to two combined sewer outfalls. Sustainability in … [Read more...]
Why Water Utilities Need to Factor Climate Change in their Asset Management Plan
Consultancy agency Black & Veatch have compiled a new analysis showing that water utilities in the U.S. have various priorities, mostly consisting of how to deal with aging infrastructure to how to finance necessary projects. Notably, less than 10% of utilities surveyed placed climate change resiliency plans on their priority list. Over 60% admitted that water supply and scarcity were … [Read more...]
Arizona Strengthens Groundwater Supply Resilience thru Innovative Partnership
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...]
Integrating Sustainability in Practical Infrastructure Asset Management
No. 16 of 16 Videos This is the detailed video on "Sustainability" where Ross deliberates further on the topic. While Ross placed "Sustainability" as the last topic of the "Introduction to Practical Asset Management" video seminar, he mentions that this topic could be placed within Future Demand or adjacent to the Risk sections of your Asset Management Plan. How do we embed … [Read more...]
Video: Sustainability – Summary Series (Introduction to Practical Asset Management)
No. 16 of 16 Videos Ross presents the final video in the 16-video seminar "Introduction to Practical Asset Management", titled "Sustainability." Find out Ross' reasons for keeping "Sustainability" as the last topic in this 16-video series. How does an infrastructure management practitioner view sustainability? Ross provides a holistic outlook of sustainability through the … [Read more...]
Introduction to Practical Asset Management – FULL VERSION Series
That will also enable you to browse the other infrastructure asset management resources we have published online. Ross is happy to present the Introduction to Practical Asset Management Full Version Series. As he mentioned in the video above, these are intensive 20-30 minutes of sharing infrastructure asset management learning and practical knowledge each of the 16 topics … [Read more...]
Introduction to Practical Asset Management Summary Series – What to Expect?
Watch Ross Waugh present in this short video the topics covered in the Practical Asset Management Summary Series. These topics are as follows: Overview and Introduction to Infrastructure Asset ManagementAppropriate Asset Management PracticeAsset Management ResourcesAsset Management Policy and StrategyAsset Management PlansAsset Inventory, Description of AssetsLevels of ServiceFuture … [Read more...]
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