Asset Management for Small Systems - AWWA Conference

Asset Management What? Why? How? Murat Ulasir, PE, PhD, Technical Specialist www.ohm-advisors.com 34000 Plymouth Road | Livonia Michigan, 48150 | www.ohm-advisors.com

CITY OF ANN ARBOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN City Planning Commission Meeting Tuesday, April 1, 2008

CIP and Asset Management Where does the CIP fit in Asset Management?

Elements of Asset Management • Maintenance & Operation • Repair / Rehabilitation • Replacement

Why Do Asset Management? In order to manage Risk, which is defined as The chance that a hazard will turn into disaster It’s got two elements to it: How important is it? How much usefulness is left in it?

How To Get Started? Inventory / Digitization Risk Assessment Decision Maker Input Revision / Implementation

Inventory / Digitization? PDF Scanning Google Earth CUPSS

Check Up Program for Small Systems EPA Free Asset Management Software

What is CUPSS? Free Asset Management tool ‘Desktop software’ – program that runs on your computer Series of modules that store information about a user’s utility

Risk Assessment What if there is a critical water main in the ground and you have no idea about its condition?

• Non-Intrusive Water Main Condition Assessment PC-based correlator Receiver 1 Sensor Hydrant RF transmitter Pipe D

• Road Condition Assessment – RoadSoft

Decision Maker Input How many times have you seen a decision maker in the trenches, with you, repairing a water main? How many times have you attended a political campaign to get re-elected? It’s not a question of what (there are needs), it’s a question of how (how to address them) TEAMWORK

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