Water Asset Management International

Volume 1 Issue 3
September 2005

Issue 3

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Contents

NEWS, including:

US spending estimates soar

The United States Environmental Protection Agency, in its third Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs survey, has warned that $276.8 billion needs to be spent over the next 20 years to ensure the physical integrity of the systems, convey water and meet regulatory requirements.

User-friendly report template proves a success for Southern Water

Global environmental engineering consultancy MWH has facilitated a technological project system called mProve for Southern Water in the UK.

VIEWPOINT

Interview with Bob Went, chair of the Life Cycle Cost group, on the importance of life cycle costing in asset procurement.

PAPERS

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Decentralised wastewater systems: an asset management approach

Simon Fane, Juliet Willetts, Kumudini Abeysuriya, Cynthia Mitchell, Carl Etnier and Scott Johnstone

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A national asset management steering council: the time has come

Paul H Causey

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Canada's Infraguide: bringing the best of research and practice together for sustainable asset management

Leo Gohier

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Discolouration risk modelling

Neil Dewis and Mark Randall-Smith

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Introduction of a substandard supply minutes performance indicator

Mirjam Blokker, Kees Ruijg and Henk de Kater

AM UPDATE, including:

Water Loss Task Force visit to Italy, 13-21 May 2006, Genoa/Ferrara, Italy.

1st World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM), 11-14 July 2006, Queensland, Australia.