Description: In this course, participants will learn approaches to planning for utility equipment replacement and rehabilitation. Failed equipment often leads to non-compliance and emergency failures can lead to high costs, while prudent planning can bring about better reliability and lower long-term costs for utility operations.  This course will use a utility asset management approach as background for planning for equipment replacement. Participants do not need to have prior knowledge of utility asset management to participate.

Learning Objectives: 

• Explain how equipment failure can lead to regulatory non-compliance and high emergency repair costs for utilities.
• Describe the basic principles of utility asset management and how they relate to equipment replacement and rehabilitation planning.
• Apply an asset management approach to plan and prioritize equipment replacement and rehabilitation.
• Compare proactive (planned) replacement with reactive (emergency) replacement in terms of cost, reliability, and compliance.
• Identify how prudent replacement planning improves reliability and lowers long-term costs for utility operations.

Trainer: Nicholas Willis, Associate Director, Wichita State University Environmental Finance Center

CEUs: This training is currently pending approval for continuing education credit, although we cannot guarantee it. Regardless, we will provide all qualifying attendees with a Certificate of Attendance for their personal record. 

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
• Decision-makers for 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 wastewater systems

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