Aging infrastructure combined with population growth and demand for a
higher level of services pose a new challenge to today's utilities. The City of Phoenix undertook
a major step towards this challenge two years ago when an Asset Management Project was
awarded to the Wilson/GHD team to evaluate the 24th Street Water Treatment Plant
(WTP). This was the first asset management project for water utilities in the State of
Arizona. The project objective was to assist the City in identifying CIP projects at this
facility for the next five to ten years as well as provide the City with a tool to assist
prioritization of projects in the medium and long-term time periods.
A comprehensive evaluation of all assets at the 24th Street WTP (civil, mechanical,
electrical and instrumentation) was conducted, including a systematic and methodical
approach to evaluate and prioritize existing assets at the WTP. Project steps included
data collection, evaluation and updating of existing asset database, Delphi Workshops to
perform condition assessment, detailed condition assessment, and analysis to prioritize
replacement or rehabilitation of assets. The City has also invested on incorporating the
information into Real Time Infrastructure Valuation Analysis (RIVA) software to create a dynamic system which will assist them in
prioritizing projects at the WTP. Includes 3 references, tables, figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 9 |
| Published : | 06/01/2007 |
