ME Online Training | Asset Management for Small Systems
Description: With limited revenues, aging infrastructure, and regulatory obligations to meet, a comprehensive approach to managing your system is vital. This training begins by covering Asset Management’s core components and will focus more specifically on the practical application of asset management concepts for data-informed decision-making using real-world examples and you will learn how asset management can benefit your system.
Don’t know where to begin? We will provide you with the tools you need to get started and will walk you through the process.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the 5 core components of asset management
- Develop an inventory of utility components
- Identify critical assets for sustained operations
- Make decisions about how to operate, maintain, repair, and replace those assets
- Set goals for level of service at a sustainable cost
- Techniques, tools, and examples for developing and updating asset inventories and building maps
Presenters: Jennifer Egan, Environmental Economics & Conservation Finance Program Manager and Danish Kumar, Climate Change Program Manager, University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center
CEUs: This training is currently pending approval for continuing education credits, although we cannot guarantee it. Regardless, we will provide a Certificate of Attendance to all qualifying attendees.
Who Should Attend:
- Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people, or wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
- Decision-makers for water and wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
- Consultants and technical assistance providers serving water and wastewater systems
Partner:
Organizer
Program Associate at the Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center