Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Infrastructure Management provides the tools needed for effective management of decades-old water infrastructure. Managing these legacy systems can be a challenge, but computer-based tools and methods have created the potential to manage them effectively by applying data-centered management to tasks such as condition assessment, maintenance schedules, and replacement planning.
The tools fit into a management framework known as asset management. Asset management (synonymous with terms such as infrastructure management, capital management, and life-cycle management) cuts across departments and job functions: no one department is responsible for managing infrastructure. Integrated data systems provide centrally accessible data can be used by everyone involved in managing the infrastructure, from engineering to finance to maintenance.
This unique book offers tools to help utilities lower costs, improve efficiencies, and mitigate rate shocks associated with managing infrastructure for growth, deterioration, and regulatory requirements.