The goal of this research, Applying Risk Management Principles and Innovative Technologies to Effectively Manage Deteriorating Water Infrastructure, is to capture the innovative approaches, tools, and processes that have been used to effectively manage deteriorating water infrastructure. The project will compile examples from utilities across the United States, Canada, and Australia to increase the use and understanding of risk management principles and innovative technologies to effectively manage deteriorating water infrastructure systems. Current literature and guidance documents tend to focus on the "what" of condition assessment, asset renewal, and risk management principles, but provide little guidance on how utilities can leverage current technology and approaches to improve levels of service or increase the useful life of water infrastructure systems. For example, information on how utilities can apply risk management principles and innovative technologies for condition assessment and asset renewal most cost-effectively is not readily available. The proposed research project will result in a milestone document, titled Synthesis Report on Applying Risk Management Principles and Innovative Technologies to Effectively Manage Deterioration of Water Infrastructure, that synthesizes, and analyzes the practices that leading utilities use to manage their deteriorating water system infrastructure. The Synthesis Report will describe which practices have proved successful. Other utilities will be able to use the Synthesis Report to review case studies and apply best practices to their own situation. The presentation will focus directly on what water utilities need and how well our work products meet those needs. We will use feedback from the session, and our own experience in managing utility practices to fill gaps and revise materials, to identify utility needs. The proposed session will focus on water infrastructure systems to define: use and understanding of risk assessment and management approaches; understanding of deterioration mechanisms of different assets; use and understanding of condition assessment techniques; use and understanding of the full range of rehabilitation technologies; and improved understanding for more cost-effective asset renewal. The goal of the presentation is to present a list of topic areas to cover the focus area objectives. We will present the goals, objectives, scope, and methodology of this research project as well as the preliminary results of literature and practice review from 45 water utilities across USA, Canada, and Australia.
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