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Urban Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in Europe Dr Gerald Jones Chairman Cost Action C3

Urban Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in Europe Dr Gerald Jones Chairman Cost Action C3. COST C3 - Diagnosis of Urban Infrastructure Focus on Water and Wastewater. Current Participants Belgium Italy Canada Norway Denmark Portugal Finland Switzerland France UK Germany.

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Urban Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in Europe Dr Gerald Jones Chairman Cost Action C3

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  1. Urban Water and WastewaterInfrastructure in EuropeDr Gerald JonesChairman Cost Action C3

  2. COST C3 - Diagnosis of Urban InfrastructureFocus on Water and Wastewater Current Participants Belgium Italy Canada Norway Denmark Portugal Finland Switzerland France UK Germany

  3. The Approach • Sharing experience between participants • International workshop - Identifying Needs and Problems, Brussels 1996 • National workshops e.g. Italy, France, Germany, Finland • Programme development for future initiatives

  4. Key Areas Formulating a perspective and set of priorities from an end user viewpoint • Problem definition - the managers viewpoint • Information/data management • Data acquisition • Making decisions

  5. Key Areas

  6. Problem Definition - The Managers Viewpoint • Knowledge of condition and performance still rather limited • General acceptance of need for increased capital and maintenance expenditure • Systematic ways of dealing with problems can avoid a serious ‘infrastrucrure crisis’

  7. Problem Definition - The Managers Viewpoint (contd) • Need indicators of system performance as a basis for rehabilitation planning • Pipe systems must be assessed in the context of their surrounding environment • Need to co-ordinate activity on different infrastructure systems

  8. Problem Definition - The Managers Viewpoint (contd) • Recent developments in Information Technology offer major efficiency improvement opportunities • Need competent professional management skills to successfully tackle the infrastructure problem

  9. Legal regulations/political demands Sustainability targets Performance targets System configuration Performance indicators Decision Making Processes - Key Elements

  10. Legal regulations/political demands Sustainability targets Performance targets System configuration Performance indicators

  11. Meeting & control of targets Maintenance & rehabilitation measures Technical decision making Data collection Analysis & diagnosis Data transformation Decision Making Process - Key Elements

  12. Meeting & control of targets Maintenance & rehabilitation measures Technical decision making Data collection Analysis & diagnosis Data transformation

  13. Decision Making Process (contd) Good Market No Market

  14. Vegetation and Urban Civil Engineering • Urban trees/vegetation of increasing importance and concern • Infrastructure disturbed and damaged by trees/vegetation • Vegetation/trees damaged by construction work

  15. Vegetation and Urban Civil Engineering City Gardeners/Utility Engineers/Contractors Short Sighted Economic Interests Narrow Minded Views Conflict

  16. Vegetation and Urban Civil Engineering City Gardeners/Utility Engineers/Contractors Open minded collaboration Conflict Revolution Sensible Solutions

  17. Key Points Towards:- Active Management Target expenditure whilst minimising risk of failure Away from:- Crisis (or Reactive) Management This represents a significant change for many countries

  18. Key Points (contd) Need improved enabling technologies to measure and assess performance and condition Not all problems are associated with older systems

  19. Key Points (contd) Need improved funding mechanisms to transfer experience and know-how between countries

  20. Future Programme Areas I Management Tools and Decision Support II Water Distribution III Sewerage IV Sustainable stormwater management V Urban vegetation } Existing, renovated, new systems

  21. Future Perspective Magnitude and Strategic Importance of Asset due to Increasing Emphasis Need to target investments Increasingly stringent requirements - regulators - customers

  22. Future Perspective (contd) • Product performance • Quality • Procurement practice • Site skills • etc. Problems with new infrastructure need to be addressed

  23. Future Perspective (contd) Re-structuring of end-users Regionalisation  corporatisation Need to re-define, re-structure supply chains

  24. End-user/customer sophistication Increasing Larger but Less customers Future Perspective (contd)

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