The WEF Sustainable Utilities Task Force presents a resource for utility managers seeking examples of succesful sustainability practices

Leading Asset Management Practices Help Utilities Optimize Their Asset Life Cycle Cost


The Water Environment Research Foundation’s (WERF) ongoing research program defines
strategic asset management (SAM) practices and develops tools and techniques that help utilities
implement asset management (AM) programs. EMA and partnering organizations lead this
research, which expands WERF and WaterRF’s Sustainable Infrastructure Management Program
Learning Environment (SIMPLE) knowledge base for AM in four “tracks”: (1) Public
Communication, (2) Benchmarking/Case Studies, (3) Decision/Analysis Implementation
Guidance, and (4) Remaining Asset Life. Track 2 identifies utilities’ leading AM practices and
develops utility examples, helping other utilities learn how to implement SAM. A utilities survey
identified opportunity areas for SAM and gaps for improvement. These leading practices
(validated through site visits and a leading practices research forum conducted in June 2010) can
help utilities optimize asset life-cycle cost in: Accounting and Costing, Business Risk
Management, Organization and People, Maintenance, Secondary Data and Knowledge, and
Strategic Asset Planning and Asset Management plans.


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Posted: May 20th, 2011 | Filed under: 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 »