Industry studies in recent years have raised awareness
of the magnitude of asset renewal and replacement
needs in the water industry, but little comparative
work has been done on asset management. To
help fill this gap, the Awwa Research Foundation
sponsored the study summarized in this article. The
full study forms a "casebook" of comparative asset
management options.
Eleven utilities of diverse sizes, asset ages, availability
of automated information, and engagement in asset
management worked with the project team to test and
evaluate three levels of asset management planning:
basic, high-end, and strategic.
The study results showed that even a basic asset
management option has considerable value for a water
utility. More advanced and strategic options require
significant additional investment, but 80% of the utilities
that participated in this project found the benefits
to outweigh the costs and plan to implement programs
that emulate these options. Includes 12 references, figures.
| Edition : | Vol. 98 - No. 1 |
| File Size : | 1
file
, 250 KB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 8 |
| Published : | 01/01/2006 |
