SELECTING YOUR ASSET MANAGEMENT APPROACH

John Rogers; Terry Bergen

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SELECTING YOUR ASSET MANAGEMENT APPROACH

Abstract

Water and wastewater systems are more capital intensive than comparable service industries, yet lag behind in asset management. EPA studies show that water and wastewater systems, based on infrastructure value-to-revenue levels, are twice to fourtimes more capital intensive than telephone, gas and electric systems that have long been required by public utility commissions to have documented asset management programs. This is why the EPA's estimated funding “gap” for water and wastewater facilities—23 billion dollars a year for the next 20 years, is so large.

Water and wastewater systems are more capital intensive than comparable service industries, yet lag behind in asset management. EPA studies show that water and wastewater systems, based on infrastructure value-to-revenue levels, are twice to fourtimes more capital intensive than telephone, gas and electric systems that have long been required by public utility commissions to have documented asset...

Author(s)

John RogersTerry Bergen

SourceProceedings of the Water Environment Federation

SubjectSession 19: GASB 34

Document typeConference Paper

PublisherWater Environment Federation

Print publication date Jan, 2002

ISSN1938-6478

SICI1938-6478(20020101)2002:4L.603;1-

DOI10.2175/193864702785301538

Volume / Issue2002 / 4

Content sourceUtility Management Conference