Asset Management

  1. The Bible On Effective Utility Management 4/28/2016

    The U.S. EPA and multiple water groups recently gathered during Water Week 2016 in Washington, D.C. to announce updates to an essential guide for effective utility management (EUM). If utilities aren't already familiar with this document, they need to be. 

  2. Pipeline Replacement Reality Check 2/19/2016

    How much pipeline repair will competing priorities, resource limitations, and public tolerance allow? Try 1 percent annually — if you're as good as DC Water. CEO and General Manager George Hawkins shares advice that has helped his utility double the national average for pipeline replacement.

  3. 10 Exciting Technologies From WEFTEC 10/26/2015

    Judging by WEFTEC 2015, the water industry is on a roll.

  4. The Top Water/Wastewater Infrastructure Projects In North America 9/3/2015

    CG/LA Infrastructure has released its annual ‘Strategic 100 North America’ report, a ranking of the highest-value public projects set to move forward in the next 18 months, and only nine of the 100 are from the water/wastewater sector. What gives?

  5. Is Design-Build The Future For The Water Sector? 5/29/2014

    Design, bid, build. For years, those three steps have been the standard way to get a water or wastewater project accomplished.  But an alternative project delivery method is gaining ground.

  6. ACE14: Water Solutions For Any Size Utility 5/21/2014

    What follows is an attempt to bring order to chaos, as well as a snapshot of the water industry’s most pressing challenges.

  7. Top EPA Challenges In Wastewater And Stormwater 5/12/2014

    One of the U.S. EPA’s leading voices shares the agency’s most important agenda items.

  8. 5 Reasons To Consider Decentralized Wastewater Treatment 2/10/2014

    The economic and environmental costs of treating all wastewater at a centralized location can be a burden. At what point does decentralized treatment make more sense?

  9. Lead-Free 2014: Guidelines For Compliance 1/7/2014

    It was a long buildup to the federal lead-free rule, characterized by some last-minute changes, but the moment has finally arrived.

  10. Asset Management: 12 Steps To Getting Started 9/12/2013

    Asset management is credited with helping utilities justify budget proposals,prioritize needs, manage risk, reduce costs, and make sound decisions on O&M. Once you adopt the plan in theory, however, you still need to put it into action. These 12 steps will help you get started.