Beyond the Basics of Asset Management
Once you have an understanding of what Asset Management is and what the 5 core components are you will likely want additional resources for growing your asset management plan. Those resources can be found here. Topics include: Webinars, case studies, climate information, green infrastructure information, etc.
Resources
Managing Small Public Water Systems (RG-501)
A series of publications to help owners, managers, or operators of small water utilities understand and comply with rules and develop tools...
Managing Small Domestic Wastewater Systems (RG-530)
This guide helps owners and operators understand and comply with the rules, and develop tools to plan for, manage, and operate a...
The Basics of Financial Management for Small-Community Utilities: A Webcast on Financial Management (Part 1)
This webcast is meant to accompany the Basics of Financial Management for Small-community Utilities. Two experts in utility financial management lead the...
Setting Small Drinking Water System Rates for a Sustainable Future
This guide helps small community water systems understand the full cost of providing safe drinking water and how to set rates reflective...
Plan to Pay: Scenarios to Fund your Capital Improvement Plan
This Excel based tool allows a water system to enter future capital improvement projects and will project water system's fund balance (revenues,...
Financing Alternatives Comparison Tool (FACT)
This financial analysis tool allows wastewater and drinking water managers to assess the costs of different potential infrastructure projects.
Financial Planning: A Guide for Water and Wastewater Systems
This step-by-step guide aims to help rural utilities develop budgets, set rates and plan for the future. The document includes budget templates...
Water and Wastewater Utility Operation and Management for Tribes – Asset Management Overview
Training video describing Asset Management for Tribal Water and Wastewater Utility Operation and Management.
Small Community Assistance Planning (SCAP) Tool – Wastewater Assets
Eastern Research Group in conjunction with EPA R7 developed an AM Tool for use in drinking water and wastewater utilities serving micro-communities...
Asset Management Program General Template Guidance
This guidance outlines a template for an Asset Management Plan for water systems. This guidance, applicable for use by non-community water systems,...
Small Community Assistance Planning (SCAP) Tool – Wastewater Assets – no macros
Eastern Research Group in conjunction with EPA R7 developed an AM Tool for use in drinking water and wastewater utilities serving micro-communities...
Asset Management Guidance for Wastewater and Stormwater Systems and Workbook
A workbook that helps determine the level of service, budget and rate methodology, replacement expenses, capital improvement plan (CIP), and Ten-Year Budget...
Water and People Course
This resource is an in-person formal education curriculum for 12th-grade students. The course is intended to introduce students to careers in the...
Water Audit Software
Free excel-based software that utilities can use to measure potential water loss.
Ask the Expert Webinar Series 6/30/16
Webinar series that allows listeners to submit questions about Asset Management for experts to answer.
Control and Mitigation of Drinking Water Losses in Distribution Systems
Section 4 describes elements of a program to effectively prevent water loss. Techniques in this section can be used by systems to...
WEBINAR | Intermediate Asset Management – Benefits of Mapping Your Assets
Mapping your system’s assets and collecting asset inventory data can provide tremendous benefit to your system, including operations and maintenance efficiency, emergency...
Lean and Water Toolkit
A guide on how to apply "lean" organizational improvement methods to find and reduce water waste while improving operations and processes throughout...
Asset Management Grant Program (2019 funding document)
This program provides funding for community water systems to develop Asset Management Programs for drinking water infrastructure.
Leakage Component Analysis Model
This excel-based tool allows water systems to model leakage, conduct failure frequency analysis and understand water loss performance indicators.
Ask the Expert: Asset Management Webinar
This webinar is for you regardless of whether you are just getting started or you are a seasoned practitioner. In addition to...
Small Community Assistance Planning (SCAP) Tool – Drinking Water Assets
Eastern Research Group in conjunction with EPA R7 developed an AM Tool for use in drinking water and wastewater utilities serving micro-communities...
Gaining Operational and Managerial Efficiencies Through Water System Partnerships
The case studies in this document describe partnerships that were formed to alleviate drinking water system challenges. Each case study outlines the...
Small Community Assistance Planning (SCAP) Tool – Drinking Water Assets – no macros
Eastern Research Group in conjunction with EPA R7 developed an AM Tool for use in drinking water and wastewater utilities serving micro-communities...
Creating Resilient Water Utilities: CREAT Climate Scenarios Projection Map
This map provides easily accessible climate projections by region. These projections can help a utility understand the projected future challenges in maintaining...
Small Community Assistance Planning Asset Management Tool: Guide for Tool
This guide is intended for users of the Small Community Assistance Planning (SCAP) Asset Management Tool to track either wastewater or drinking...
Effective Utility Management – A Primer for Water and Wastewater Utilities
Designed to be a companion resource to The Effective Utility Management Resource Toolbox. This PDF provides an overview of what makes utility...
Effective Utility Management – A Primer for Water and Wastewater Utilities
Designed to be a companion resource to The Effective Utility Management Resource Toolbox. This PDF provides an overview of what makes utility...
Sustainable Management Tools
This website provides information on Sustainable Management for Rural and Small Systems Tools. It includes: a guidebook that provides rural and small...
Effective Utility Management: Performance Benchmarking for Effectively Managed Water Utilities
This project identified specific practices to implement the ten EUM attributes. The project site contains a report on Performance Benchmarking for Effectively...
San Diego County Water Authority Asset Management Plan 2011
This is an example of an Asset Management Plan from the San Diego County Water Authority.
Green Asset Resource Database
This green infrastructure database serves as an introduction for those looking to learn more about green and natural assets that are used...
Small Water System Management Program Requirements
In Washington State, all community and non-community water systems not required to submit a Water System Plan must develop and implement a...
Ask the Expert Webinar Series 10/11/17
Webinar series that allows listeners to submit questions about Asset Management for experts to answer.
New Mexico Environment Department Asset Management Report Criteria for Technical Assistance Providers
This guidance lists expectations for utility asset management training and reports. Specifically, components of sections to include are detailed for: an asset...
Water System Owner Role and Responsibilities: A Best Practice Guide
A two-page guide to help owners of public water systems serving
Resilient Strategies Guide for Water Utilities
This interactive guide helps water utilities incorporate resilience strategies unique to their situation into their plans, including financial plans, Asset Management Plans,...
Small System Template for Standard Operating Procedures
This resource is a blank Standard Operating Procedures template for use by small system operators.
Talking to Your Decision Makers: A Best Practice Guide
A two-page guide for operators and owners of community water systems serving
Getting in Step: A Guide for Conducting Watershed Outreach Campaigns
This guide helps organize people who want to develop and launch a watershed outreach campaign. Specifically, watershed practitioners will learn how to...
Reference Guide for Asset Management Tools
The guide is designed for state staff and technical assistance providers who are assisting small and medium-sized drinking water or wastewater systems...
Water Resource Information System (WRIS)
A tool developed by and for water and wastewater treatment systems and governing bodies to provide much of the information needed for...
WaterSense Program
The WaterSense Program is a label and resource for helping save water largely targeted at the public -- particularly for domestic and...
West Virginia Asset Management Guidance
A guidance document to aid water systems in completing an Asset Management Plan. This site includes guidance, utility self-assessments, tables, worksheets, and...
Infrastructure Asset Management Technology Exchange
A 2006 MOU between EPA and the USDOT Federal Highway Administration is meant to support each agency's respective Infrastructure Asset Management Programs...
Water Finance Clearinghouse
This is an online database that provides wastewater, drinking water and storm water managers resources and information for financing water infrastructure projects.
Asset Management Guidance and Best Practices
This guide explains the fundamental elements of asset management and also makes high-level recommendations for asset management standards and best practices.
Spotlight on Computerized Maintenance Management Systems: Part 1 of 3
This blog post is part of our three part series on CMMS Software. This blog post is the first in the series....
Sustainable Infrastructure for Small System Public Services: A Planning and Resources Guide
Resource guide targeted at very small to medium sized communities that is intended to help them incorporate environmentally sustainable practices, or "green...
Spotlight on Computerized Maintenance Management Systems: Part 2 of 3
This blog post is the second part of our three part series on CMMS Software. This post details how to research CMMS...
Spotlight on Computerized Maintenance Management Systems: Part 3 of 3
This blog post is the last part of our three part series on CMMS Software. This blog post describes how to set...
Computerized Maintenance Management <br/>Software for Water Systems: Where to Begin
Have you been wondering if computerized maintenance management software is right for your water system? This webinar will help you decide if...
Environmental Finance Center Network: Webinars
This series of video playlists contain webinars on asset management, rate setting, and other information on water utility financing.
Asset Management Programs for Stormwater and Wastewater Systems: Overcoming Barriers to Development and Implementation
This PDF outlines the critical steps to implement Asset Management Programs at stormwater and wastewater utilities. Within the steps, case studies of...
The Drinking Water Workforce Crisis on the Horizon: What Can Be Done to Recruit and Develop Future Operators and Who Can Do It?
A flyer discussing the role of stakeholders (utilities, states, associations, public officials, community water system owners, and EPA) in recruiting and developing...
Ask the Expert: A Unique Opportunity to Ask Your Asset Management Questions or Seek Advice on How to Begin
This webinar showcases questions and answers related to asset management.
Water System Operator Role and Responsibilities: A Best Practice Guide
A two-page guide to help operators of public water systems serving
Ensuring a Sustainable Future: An Energy Management Guidebook for Wastewater and Water Utilities
This guidebook is designed to help utilities develop an approach to identify and implement opportunities for energy efficiency and renewable energy and...
EPA Strategic Planning: A Handbook for Small Water Systems
A STEP guide to help owners and operators of community water systems and non-transient non-community water systems serving 3,300 people or fewer...
2018 State Asset Management Initiatives
In 2018, EPA updated the 2012 State Asset Management Initiatives document. This document describes all of the initiatives that each state implements...
Handbook on Wastewater Management Chapter 2: Asset Management and Sustainability
This textbook chapter-style guide is designed to be a reference tool for local officials, public administrators, and managers and breaks down the...
EPA Energy Use Assessment Tool for Drinking Water Systems
This tool can help small to medium-sized water systems analyze the energy-related costs associated with their operations.
The Value of Water: What’s it Worth to You and Your Community?
An outreach brochure emphasizing the value of water infrastructure and underlining the need for further investment.
2012 State Asset Management Initiatives
This 2012 document describes all of the initiatives that each state implements related to asset management.
Integrated Asset Management Framework: Combining Green and Gray Assets
This framework is for water, wastewater and stormwater systems of any size who are interested in implementing asset management practices. The framework...