Water Asset Management International

Volume 2 Issue 2
June 2006

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Contents

NEWS, including:

US utilities unite to ensure infrastructure sustainability

The US EPA along with six other US water and wastewater utility organisations, has announced a statement of intent to promote effective long-term utility management. The formal partnership will focus on improved water and wastewater utility performance through education, management tools and performance measures.

Report on capital spending puts global water needs at $2.3 trillion

A new PFI report from Thomson Financial, 'Financing water and wastewater to 2025: From necessity to sustainability', estimates total water and sewerage capital spending needs of $2.3 trillion, of which $1.77 trillion will need to be financed by private funds unless there is a dramatic change in utility tariff structures.

PAPERS

Strategic municipal asset management: use your options wisely

Leo Gohier .......... 4—7

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An independent review of the EU-funded CARE-W programme

Dr Annie Vanrenterghem-Raven .......... 8—13

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Captured by data: enterprise asset management systems

Daryl Mather .......... 14—19

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Development of a GIS-based data collection and software utility for asset management

George A Biju, Hector M Malano, Brian Davidson, Hugh Turral .......... 20—24

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AM UPDATE, including:

Leading Edge Strategic Asset Management, 17-19 October 2006, Lisbon, Portugal.

Advanced Asset Management for Utility and Service Providers, 08-09 November 2006, Vancouver, USA.