A Guide to Asset Management: What, Why, and How is a comprehensive guide to the thought process of asset management. Often people think of asset management as a technology-driven activity—what can you do with a computer or with software—rather than realizing that it is first and foremost a way of thinking. It is a strategic process that involves five main components: current state of the assets, level of service, criticality, life cycle costing, and long-term funding. The book describes each of these components, along with ancillary topics that are necessary to fully understand and implement asset management, including:
- The Asset Management Plan
- Getting Started
- Measuring Progress
- Assessing Triple Bottom Line Benefits
- Tools and Resources Available
This approach to asset management is applicable to all water assets: water, wastewater, and stormwater. It offers insights that will be useful to a range of audiences, including utilities, policy makers, and educators/students.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Why Asset Management?
Chapter 2 Level of Service
Chapter 3 Asset Inventory
Chapter 4 Criticality
Chapter 5 Life Cycle Costing
Chapter 6 Long-Term Funding
Chapter 7 Asset Management: It Works for Green as
Well as Gray Assets
Chapter 8 Asset Management Implementation
Chapter 9 Maintaining Support for Asset Management
Chapter 10 What an Elected Leader Needs to Know
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