| Is strategic asset management applicable to small and medium utilities? | |
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PMID: 21045331 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Urban water infrastructures provide essential services to modern societies and represent a major portion of the value of municipal physical assets. Managing these assets rationally is therefore fundamental for the sustainability of the services and to the economy of societies. "Asset Management" (AM) is a modern term for an old practice--assets have always been managed. In recent years, significant evolution occurred in terms of the AM formal approaches, of the monitoring and decision support tools and of the implementation success cases. However, most tools developed are too sophisticated and data seek for small utilities. The European R&D network COST Action C18 ( E-mail: www.costc18.org) identified key research problems related to the management of urban water infrastructures, currently not covered by on-going projects of the European Framework Program. The top 1 topic is "Efficient management of small community". This paper addresses challenges and opportunities for small and medium utilities with regard to infrastructure AM (IAM). To put this into context, the first sections discuss the need for IAM, highlight key recent developments, and present IAM drivers, as well as research and development gaps, priorities and products needed. |
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Authors:
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Helena Alegre |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research Volume: 62 ISSN: 0273-1223 ISO Abbreviation: Water Sci. Technol. Publication Date: 2010 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-11-03 Completed Date: 2010-12-28 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9879497 Medline TA: Water Sci Technol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 2051-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Urban Water Division, Hydraulics and Environment Department, LNEC-National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, Lisboa, Portugal. halegre@lnec.pt |
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Australia Canada Cities* Conservation of Natural Resources / methods* Environmental Monitoring Europe New Zealand Water Supply* |
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