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Currently, over 25% of water for human consumption is wasted due to broken pipes, leaks, poor fault response times and inefficient water cycle management, to name but a few reasons. “Although there are technological advances that could help to optimize water management, the opportunities they bring are not being fully tapped” note Idrica’s ...
ByIdrica
One of the state’s largest water utility is facing significant challenges with excessive inflow and infiltration (I/I) in its gravity collection system, consisting of over 1,500 miles. Precipitation events often result in immediate flow responses within the collection network, at times up to 3 times the average daily flow ...
With political and public pressure mounting to operate more efficiently and become more sustainable, utilities are turning to proactive asset management programs in order to make more informed decisions and prioritize budgets. Proactive asset management programs can eliminate the need for ...
So when Lee Pope, Water System Director, discovered that several of the System's eight pumps were not operating as efficiently as needed, he decided the time was right to institute an asset management program that could help comply with new state-mandated maintenance rules. Pope says he called in four or five different asset ...
ByOpenGov
In order to have a robust program for managing intellectual assets, an organisation must account for its knowledge management and innovation processes. In this paper, drawing on 1 a semiotic-based model for knowledge management (Desouza, 2006) 2 an organisational process of innovation (Desouza et al., 2006), the ...
In control rooms and maintenance shops, users typically communicate with HART flame and gas detectors using a PC-based software program referred to as asset management software. This software is also commonly used to communicate with HART process instruments and control valves for device configuration, calibration, diagnostics, and documentation ...