Resources

• Hierarchy examples
• Examples of Asset ID
• Reference Guide for Asset Management Inventory and Risk Analysis – Drinking Water – This guidebook provides guidance, by asset type (ie. pipe, pumps, valves, etc.), on what information could be collected when completing an inventory. In a second table, guidance is provided on what to take into consideration when determining probability of failure and consequence of failure.
• Reference Guide for Asset Management Inventory and Risk Analysis – Wastewater
• Condition Rating examples
• Asset Decision Matrix Phase 3: Data Considerations – Once you have determined which steps to take regarding asset repair, rehabilitation, or replacement, and have decided how to modify your operations to reduce the impact of future failures, particularly by trying to reduce unexpected failures, it’s time to consider how collecting data can help you analyze asset condition and use that knowledge to predict failures. It is important to develop a data plan before you start collecting information. If your staff understands how data collection and analysis will benefit the organization, you are less likely to encounter resistance. There are certain attributes, or data points that you will collect for all assets, but most asset classes have specific and unique attributes that are important to an effective analysis. This resource layouts a list of questions to consider about your data and some suggestions for good data management.
• Field Data Collection Tutorial – This video covers the basics of using a data collection app to collect, edit, and download system asset data. Data collection apps can be run on a cell or tablet and accuracy can be boosted by pairing a GNSS device.
• Mapping Field Collected Data Tutorial – This video covers the basics of using a data collection app to download and map field collected asset data in ArcMap and Google Earth.
• Symbology .lyr Files for ArcMap – A zip file containing .lyr files that can be used to import standardized symbology to layers in ArcMap for a variety of water, wastewater, and stormwater utility assets.
• Inventory Spreadsheet – The spreadsheet provides an example asset inventory particularly geared for smaller sized systems. The user may add additional columns to the spreadsheet to gather other data they may feel is important for them or the user may wish to eliminate some of these fields. The spreadsheet is meant as a starting point. Systems may want to use a spreadsheet for a while until they become more familiar with asset management and what data they want to collect, how they want to use it, and what reports they would like to generate. Then, if desired, the system can move towards purchasing a software that will provide more capabilities.
• CMMS selection tool
• Spotlight on Computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS): Blog Post Part 1 of 3 – This blog post is part of a three-part series on CMMS Software. This blog post is the first in the series. This blog post describes what CMMS software is and how your system can determine whether or not it would be useful for your system.
• Spotlight on Computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS): Blog Post 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 companies and who to involve in that process.
• Spotlight on Computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS): Blog Post 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 up a demo with CMMS questions and recommends questions to ask during the demo. It also discusses CMMS pricing and technical support.
• Webinar: 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 response/repair, short and long-term capital planning, and knowledge management. Gathering this information and turning it into actionable data and knowledge through proper visualization of the data can aid decision-making. This hour-long webinar discusses techniques and tools you can use to begin your asset inventory and system map, as well how these activities can begin your overall asset management program.
• Smart Data Infrastructure for Wet Weather Control and Decision Support – This document focuses on how municipalities, utilities, and related organizations can use advances in technology to implement “smart data infrastructure” for wet weather control—that is, how they can use advanced monitoring data to support wet weather control and decision-making in real time or near real time.
• Tap Into: A WaterNow Alliance Initiative – A WaterNow Alliance initiative to help communities and utilities. The WaterNow Alliance mission is to help water leaders solve their most pressing challenges. The team has launched the Tap into Resilience initiative to build water resilience at the community level and assist utilities nationwide with the adoption of localized water infrastructure.
• New Jersey Green Infrastructure Municipal Toolkit – This toolkit is a product of New Jersey Future’s Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure program, which aims to move green stormwater infrastructure practices into the mainstream. To accelerate and facilitate the mainstreaming process, New Jersey Future works with municipalities, developers, state agencies, and nonprofit partners to provide education, training, and direct technical assistance.
• The Water Research Foundation’s Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Focus Group – The Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Focus Group seeks to identify facilities and communities that are interested in working together to examine ideas, practices, and programs that will enhance their stormwater and green infrastructure initiatives. It will provide data sharing opportunities focusing on the design, cost, performance, maintenance, and communications aspects of green infrastructure programs and practices.
• GIWiz – A repository of EPA-sourced Green Infrastructure tools and resources designed to support and promote sustainable water management and community planning decisions. The tools and resources available through GIWiz will help you analyze problems, understand management options, calculate design parameters, analyze costs and benefits, evaluate tradeoffs, engage stakeholders, and/or develop education and outreach campaigns.

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