Data regarding water main breaks are widely considered
important for effective water distribution asset
management. This article presents the results of a survey
administered to small and medium-sized utilities to
evaluate the state of data collection practices for water
main breaks in the United States and Canada. The
survey included questions about the amount and type
of data collected by water utilities, the utilities' level of
comfort with the amount of data collected, and the
availability of data elsewhere within the utility.
The survey results show that the amount of data
collected can be classified by the degree of data richness
and defined as either an expanded, intermediate, limited,
or minimal data set. Analysis of the results suggests
that utilities can implement practices to increase
the amount of data they collect and increase the effectiveness
of their data collection and processing. The
results also suggest that utilities can improve their data
sets by considering additional sources of data for water
main breaks. Includes 17 references, tables, figures.
| Edition : | Vol. 98 - No. 7 |
| File Size : | 1
file
, 290 KB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 11 |
| Published : | 07/01/2006 |
