Title: Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Infrastructure Management, 2nd Edition Author: Neil S. Grigg ISBN: 1439881839 / 9781439881835 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 365 Publisher: CRC Press Year: 2012 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
Contents
Urban water services are building blocks for healthy cities, and they require complex and expensive infrastructure systems. Most of the infrastructure is out of sight and tends to be taken for granted, but an infrastructure financing crisis looms in the United States because the systems are aging and falling behind on maintenance. A road map for public works and utility professionals, Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Infrastructure Management, Second Edition provides clear and practical guidance for life-cycle management of water infrastructure systems.
Grounded in solid engineering and business principles, the book explains how to plan, budget, design, construct, and manage the physical infrastructure of urban water systems. It blends knowledge from management fields such as facilities, finance, and maintenance with information about the unique technical attributes of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems.
Addresses how to make a business case for infrastructure funding
Demonstrates how to apply up-to-date methods for capital improvement planning and budgeting
Outlines the latest developments in infrastructure asset management
Identifies cutting-edge developments in information technology applied to infrastructure management
Presents a realistic view of how risk management is applied to urban water infrastructure settings
Explains the latest maintenance and operations methods for water, wastewater, and stormwater systems
The author describes current thinking on best management practices and topics such as asset management, vulnerability assessment, and total quality management of infrastructure systems. Expanded and updated throughout, this second edition reflects the considerable advances that have occurred in infrastructure management over the past ten years. Useful as a reference and a professional development guide, this unique book offers tools to help you lower costs and mitigate the rate shocks associated with managing infrastructure for growth, deterioration, and regulatory requirements.
What’s New in This Edition
The latest infrastructure management and maintenance technologies
Information on the inventories of systems and the configuration of infrastructure
New design and construction methods such as building information modeling (BIM)
New approaches to rate setting, accounting methods, and cost accounting to help you assess the full cost of infrastructure
Advances in SCADA systems
Expanded coverage of risk management and disaster preparedness
Material on the use of GIS in water and sewer management
New laws related to infrastructure, including the U.S. EPA’s efforts to develop a distribution system rule
Preface
Chapter 1 : Urban Water Infrastructure for Healthy Cities Chapter 2 : Managing Water Systems and Services Chapter 3 : Asset Management for Urban Water Systems Chapter 4 : Capital Improvement Planning and Programming Chapter 5 : Engineering and Construction for the Infrastructure Life Cycle Chapter 6 : Financial Management for Urban Water Systems Chapter 7 : High-Performance Operation of Water Systems Chapter 8 : Risk Management and Disaster Preparedness Chapter 9 : Maintenance and Renewal of Water Infrastructure Chapter 10 : Information Technology for Water Infrastructure Chapter 11 : Legal and Regulatory Controls on Urban Water Systems Chapter 12 : Managing Infrastructure in the Water Industry
Appendix A : List of Acronyms
Appendix B : Urban Water Infrastructure Research
Index