Description: This training covers basic Asset Management principles and explains the current Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Lead & Copper Rule (LCR) and expected revisions. This training will also demonstrate data collection and mapping techniques to help utilities inventory, develop, and publish service line material data that SDWA will require.

This training begins by covering Asset Management’s core components and the overall Asset Management thought-process before focusing more specifically on concepts of asset inventory and criticality (risk analysis) critical for analyzing and prioritizing the maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of aging infrastructure. We will cover types of inventory data that can and should be collected, asset condition assessment, and developing of a criticality matrix for your infrastructure assets.

We will then review the current SDWA Lead and Copper Rule requirements and transition into what to expect and prepare for the upcoming revisions to the Rule.

Trainers: James Markham, Research Engineer; and Rose Afandi, Tribal Drinking Water Program Specialist, Southwest Environmental Finance Center at the University of New Mexico

CEUs: Now Approved for 6.0 hours of Continuing Education Credit by the OK Department of Environmental Quality.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people
• Decision-makers for water 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 systems

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