AssetInventoryforAlaskaCommunities
DennisWagner,EPAAlaskaInfrastructureProgramsManager
WhatisanAsset?
Over$2BillionInvestedinRuralAlaskaWaterandWastewaterInfrastructure
TheInvestmentsHaveBeen
MadeinOver200Rural
Communities
The$2BillionQuestion:WhatHaveTheseInvestmentProvided?
• NumberofCommunitieswithPipedSystems• NumberofLagoons• NumberofWaterTreatmentPlantsandConditions• ExistingAssetsfor2011TribalDrinkingWaterInfrastructureNeedsSurvey• Asset inventory,thehardcopyversion• AssetsThreatenedDuetoChangingEnvironmentalConditions
Asset InventoryOnACommunityBasis
AnsweringThe$2BillionQuestion
• Developinganassetinventorydatabase• Asset(WST,WTP,Wells,Mains,Lagoons..)
• Quantity(Feet,Gallons,Acres)• Materials• Age(Yearinstalled)• Condition
• A- No deficiencies related totheassetproviding theintended service• B- DeficienciesthatcanbeaddresswithsufficientO&Mpractices• C- DeficienciesdecreasingefficienciesandincreasingO&Mcosts• D- Deficiencies effecting thequantity orquality ofservice andcannot be
addressed bysufficient O&Mpractices• F- Nolonger capable ofproviding service, structurally failing, beyond repair
• Verifyassetinformation• Maintainingassetinformation
OtherapplicationsofanW&Sinfrastructureassetsinventory:• Usefulinpreparationforfuturefunding/having“ducksinarow”regardingneed/vulnerableassets.Willallowmanagersandfunderstobelesssubjectiveinthedecisionmakingprocess.
• Promotescommunityunderstandingofwaterandsanitationsystemvalue
GoalforTodays
Workshop
• Discussthevalueofanassetinventorydatabase• Discusshowtodevelopanassetinventorydatabase• Discussideasonhowtocollectandverifyexisting assets• Discusshowtoclassifytheconditionoftheassets,grades• Gradesforcondition• Gradeforthreat• Gradeforimpactofloss• Gradeforhealthimpacts
• Discusshowtokeeptheassetinformationcurrent• Changingconditions• NewInvestmentsininfrastructure
• Comprehensiveassetinventoryusefulfromacommunitytoastatewidebasis
• Weighting/prioritizationapproachfortheat-riskinfrastructureidentified
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