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Modeling Management Strategies to Optimize Expenditure and Investment Programs

Portland Water Bureau
Portland, Oregon

A key challenge faced by utilities in managing their infrastructure is the need to confidently
determine short and long term asset investment requirements without getting buried in the detail
or waylaid by the poor quality of data, for thousands of individual assets. The paper will discuss
an approach using management strategies to simplify the management effort, appropriately
model short and long term future investment needs for all assets, result in improved confidence
in the quality and confidence of the analysis, – even in situations of limited data – and enhance
improved capital improvement program programming. It presents the benefits, implications, and
applicability of using management strategies as described by the implementation for the City of
Portland Water Bureau on the development of their future investment needs.


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Posted: May 20th, 2011 | Filed under: 100K-500K, Stormwater, Waste Water Treatment, Water Treatment | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Effectively Improving Maintenance for Water Distribution and Treatment Infrastructure at Central Arkansas Water Through Extensive GIS, CMMS and Mobile Use

Central Arkansas Water
Little Rock, Arkansas

Central Arkansas Water (CAW) is a strong proponent of user technology, especially of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS). Woolpert, Inc. has partnered with CAW since their inception to help bring many of their technology initiatives to fruition. At CAW, the GIS is a tool to help staff analyze water distribution and treatment features, communicate complex information through visualization, make more informed decisions and provide customers better support. Through the use of GIS in everyday operations, the recent implementation of a new GIS-centric CMMS, integration of the GIS and CMMS with the other key business systems and mobile deployment of both the GIS and CMMS to the field, CAW has been able to significantly and effectively improve their maintenance operations for both water distribution and treatment infrastructure. This approach is directly applicable to wastewater and other types of infrastructure. Source: WEFTEC 2009 Proceedings


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Posted: August 27th, 2010 | Filed under: 100K-500K, Waste Water Treatment, Water Treatment | Tags: , , | No Comments »