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Municipal Grants and Loans Asset Management Investing in your Drinking Water System

Department of Environmental Conservation Drinking Water Program. Municipal Grants and Loans Asset Management Investing in your Drinking Water System. Vanessa Wike, P.E. Statewide Engineering Coordinator (907) 269-7696 555 Cordova St. Anchorage, AK 99501 vanessa.wike@alaska.gov.

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Municipal Grants and Loans Asset Management Investing in your Drinking Water System

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  1. Department of Environmental Conservation Drinking Water Program Municipal Grants and LoansAsset ManagementInvesting in your Drinking Water System Vanessa Wike, P.E. Statewide Engineering Coordinator (907) 269-7696 555 Cordova St. Anchorage, AK 99501 vanessa.wike@alaska.gov

  2. Asset Management A planning process that ensures that you get the most value from each of your assets and have the financial ability to repair and replace them when necessary.

  3. Asset Management Process • Conducting a thorough asset inventory. • Prioritizing the rehabilitation and replacement of your assets. • Developing an annual estimate of needed reserves and an annual budget. • Implementing an asset management plan. • Reviewing and revising the asset management plan.

  4. System Inventory Page 9 Asset Management Handbook • Identify system assets and age. • Record the condition of each asset. • Record service history – how long an asset typically lasts. • Adjust your asset’s useful life based on site conditions and experience. • Estimate the remaining useful life.

  5. Prioritization Worksheet Page 15 Asset Management Handbook • Prioritize your assets based on their remaining useful life, redundancy, and importance.

  6. Required Reserve Worksheet Page 21 Asset Management Handbook • The estimated cost of repair/replacement. • Doesn’t include standard costs for O&M. • Provide a 5 year forecast.

  7. Budgeting Worksheet Page 27 Asset Management Handbook • Annual Revenues (fees, loans, grants, interest…) • Annual Costs (maintenance, utilities, salaries, benefits, supplies, taxes, payments …) • Net Income

  8. Next Steps An asset management plan will help you • Plan for community needs • Prepare funding applications • Maintain a sustainable water system EPA’s Strategic Planning Tools: Simple Tools for Effective Performance (STEP) Guides

  9. References • EPA Small Systems and Capacity Development: • http://water.epa.gov/type/drink/pws/smallsystems/index.cfm • EPA Asset Management: • http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/sustain/asset_management.cfm • CUPPS (Check Up Program for Small Systems): • http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/drinkingwater/pws/cupss/software.cfm#get • Boise State Environmental Finance Center: • http://efc.boisestate.edu/

  10. Contacts • Vanessa Wike 555 Cordova St. Anchorage, AK 99501 • 269-7696 vanessa.wike@alaska.gov • DEC Drinking Water Program Engineering Group http://dec.alaska.gov/eh/dw/dwmain/engineering.html

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