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Asset Management

High-quality water service depends on having the infrastructure to meet the requirements of customers, utilities, and regulators. Because water services are asset intensive, utilities are constantly working to maintain these pipes, pumps, tanks, and systems, while also controlling costs and reducing risks. With deteriorating infrastructure, limited budgets, restricted flexibility in rates, and increasing expectations, utilities are on a continual quest for the most appropriate practices to meet these competing demands.

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Project #4902

Leveraging Big-Data and Deep Learning for Economical Condition Assessment of Wastewater Pipelines

$243,636
2020
Completed

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This project demonstrates how computational technologies such as deep learning and data mining can improve the consistency, accuracy, and speed of visual inspections and the evaluation of sewer pipe condition. This has the potential to relieve an operator from long...

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Principal Investigator
Dulcy
Abraham
Research Manager
Mr. Walter Graf

Long-Term Performance of Asbestos Cement Pipe

Asbestos Cement (AC) pipe was used in North American water systems until the early 1980s, mainly as an affordable, non-corroding alternative to metallic pipes. This video summarizes recommendations from WRF project 4093, including guidance on pipe deterioration and failure, condition assessment, predicting remaining service life, rehabilitation and replacement, and health and waste management protocols.

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Project #5069
Managing Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe (PCCP) to Extend Asset...

Reporting Period: April 14, 2020 – June 30, 2021. A Utility Information Request was distributed to...

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Project #4953
Considerations and Blending Strategies for Drinking Water System...

Reporting Period: November 1, 2021 – January 31, 2022. Cast iron distribution system pipes were tested...

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Project #5109
Application of Finite Element Analysis in the Design of Large-Diameter...

Reporting Period: June 15, 2021 – September 15, 2021. During this period, the team carried out...

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Project #4797
Designing Sensor Networks and Locations on an Urban Sewershed Scale with Big...

Reporting Period: June 16, 2021 – December 15, 2021. During this period, the team held the...

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04/06/2022
Project #5086
Case Studies on Water Sector Interdependencies

Reporting Period: May 1, 2021 – July 31, 2021. This project is in the early stages...

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Project #5014
Practical Framework for Water Infrastructure ...

Reporting Period: June 17, 2020 - September 15, 2020. During this period, Task 1 - Kick...

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Project #5014
Practical Framework for Water Infrastructure ...

Reporting Period: December 16, 2019 - March 15, 2020. Case study framing questions and a template...

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04/17/2020
Project #4953
Considerations and Blending Strategies for Drinking Water System...

Reporting Period: May 1, 2021 - July 31, 2021. Since the last update, unlined cast iron...

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10/22/2021
Project #4953
Considerations and Blending Strategies for Drinking Water System...

Reporting Period: November 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021. During this project period, the team updated...

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Project #4953
Considerations and Blending Strategies for Drinking Water System...

Reporting Period: May 1, 2020 - July 31, 2020. This project kicked off in February 2020...

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2021 Intelligent Water Systems Challenge Launched

Press Release
03/16/2021

The 2021 Intelligent Water Systems Challenge (IWS Challenge) is underway and will showcase innovative ways that intelligent water systems can be utilized by utilities to improve resilience. The overarching goal...

Water Utility Infrastructure: Applying Risk Management Principles and Innovative Technologies to Effectively Manage Deteriorating Infrastructure

06/06/2019

The maintenance of infrastructure, especially buried infrastructure, accounts for a major part of a water utility’s capital. In 2013, the ASCE Report Card for America’s Infrastructure gave the drinking water...

Lead and Copper Management

06/06/2019

Water utilities play a critical role in protecting public health by minimizing lead and copper levels in drinking water. Household plumbing and service lines can contain lead and copper pipes...

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Development and Testing of a Linear Polarization Resistance Corrosion Rate Probe for Ductile Iron Pipe

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#4361
06/23/2015
06/23/2015
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Development and Testing of a Linear Polarization Resistance Corrosion Rate Probe for Ductile Iron Pipe

Executive Summary
06/23/2015
06/23/2015
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The Effect of Corrosion Pitting on Circumferential Failures in Grey Case Iron Pipes

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02/01/2005
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