Location: National Life Building (Dewey Conference Room); 1 National Life Drive, Montpelier, VT 05620-3522

Description: With limited revenues, aging infrastructure, and regulatory obligations to meet, a comprehensive approach to managing your wastewater system is vital. What information will be useful to you? How should you track your system assets? How does your aging infrastructure impact your efforts? Which asset(s) should you replace given limited funds and how should you prioritize replacement? How do you know how much money you might need? Asset management provides a framework to help you solve these problems, and more. It is a process that allows wastewater systems to better manage their assets and improve the workday for their employees.

Join the EFC Network for this training on Asset Management (AM) designed for wastewater managers and operators. The goal of this framework is to provide utilities with the tools to provide the desired level of service for their customers at the lowest cost.

_Learning Objectives:

• Understand the 5 major components of AM
• Understand how to set asset management goals
• Use an AM approach/mindset to assess wastewater assets
• Understand Assets and their Attributes
• Learn strategies to approach the repair, replacement, rehabilitation or reconfiguration of assets
• Discuss necessary funding and resource allocation

Please Note: This training is taking place from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM with a lunch break from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. Lunch will not be provided.

Trainer: Heather Himmelberger, P.E., Director, Southwest Environmental Finance Center

TCHs: This training is approved for 5.5 hours of credit for Wastewater operators by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation.

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