by AJ Barney | Mar 31, 2025 | Affordability, Asset Management, Capital Improvement Planning, Financial Management, Infrastructure Renewal/ Replacement, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Uncategorized
Deciding where, how, and when to allocate resources is a struggle that many systems face every day. However, there are a variety of strategies that can be used to tackle this dilemma. Capital improvement planning is a valuable tool that we recommend using to plan and...
by Shannon Pepper | Feb 20, 2024 | Asset Management
We want our assets doing their intended function as much as possible, but how do we make that happen? One way is the concept of reliability. Reliability helps us ensure we are doing the right maintenance activities to keep our assets in proper working order as much as...
by Shannon Pepper | Jul 31, 2023 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Additional Support Organizations, Asset Management
“Our water and sewer infrastructure is aging out.” “Deteriorating infrastructure with capacity that no longer meets demand.” “Looking for info to help change city water policy on deposit vs. connection fee for account holders.” So many needs. So little time. Such is...
by Shannon Pepper | May 22, 2023 | Asset Management
Linda Hills, Senior Environmental Engineer from the organization that developed the Small Community Assistance Planning (SCAP) Tool, discusses how the tool was created, the benefits to small systems who need to develop an asset inventory, and how the tool can be used...
by Shannon Pepper | Apr 24, 2023 | Asset Management, Utility Management, Wastewater
This podcast discusses the importance of asset management, what issues an asset management plan helps to address, and plan implementation.
by Shannon Pepper | Mar 1, 2023 | Asset Management, Utility Management
This podcast describes the use of water storage facilities and associated components to ensure a continuous, dependable, and clean supply of drinking water.
