Urban Water Infrastructure Asset Management Plan: Case Study

Abstract: The current paper aims the application of the Portuguese infrastructure asset management (IAM) methodology to a case study. The inevitable degradation of urban water infrastructures creates new challenges for water utilities engineers and manager, as they need to decide which components should be rehabilitated to efficiently match the public’s demand, while still providing a qualitative and efficient service that doesn’t compromise the financial integrity of water utilities. This methodology is based on a five-step structured sequence - (i) definition of objectives assessment criteria and metrics; (ii) diagnosis; (iii) plan production; (iv) plan implementation; and (v) monitoring and revision – being structured in three distinct levels of planning and decision (i.e., strategic, tactical and operational). The IAM methodology was applied to a sixty-year-old water supply system (WSS) located in Lisbon’s metropolitan area, Portugal, mainly focused on steps (i) to (iii) and to the tactical level of planning. Results obtained are discussed and the main conclusions are presented.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Urban Water Infrastructure Asset Management Plan: Case Study ; volume:9 ; number:1 ; year:2019 ; pages:459-467 ; extent:9 ; Open engineering ; 9, Heft 1 (2019), 459-467 (gesamt 9)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Ferreira, Bruno ; Carriço, Nelson J. G.

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/eng-2019-0058
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2412141723441.491535854650
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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