Developing Stormwater Strategic Asset Management Tools and Guidance on a National Scale: A Status Update on WRF’s Targeted Collaborative Research Project

Municipalities, utilities, departments of transportation, and other agencies implementing stormwater programs have been building and operating stormwater infrastructure for many years without a systematic or consistent approach to collecting critical maintenance and performance data. With existing infrastructure aging and use of green infrastructure expanding, there is an urgent need to take a better approach to managing stormwater assets and understanding the long-term costs of maintenance and replacement.The Water Research Foundation (WRF), formerly the Water Environment and Reuse Foundation, will be performing a Technical Collaborative Research (TCR) Project in partnership with Arcadis and communities from across the nation to advance the understanding and use of asset management concepts for surface stormwater infrastructure on a national scale, and provide tools and guidance for strategic asset management developed specifically for stormwater infrastructure assets, including post-construction Best Management Practices (BMPs) and green infrastructure (GI). This paper presents the goals, rationale and scope of work for the research project.