Risk-based asset management for small to medium-sized water utilities

这项研究的动机源于这样一个事实，即安全可靠的水供应对加拿大人的高质量生活和繁荣至关重要。供水系统对于确保城市环境中的健康、安全、经济保障和整体生活质量至关重要。为了有效地管理水利基础设施，大型市政当局努力遵循资产管理模式，这有助于优化资本价值以及维护、更新和更换投资规划。然而，由于缺乏财力和技术专长，资产管理在中小型公用事业企业中并没有得到很好的实施。该项目旨在开发一种用于占供水系统60%-80%的自来水干管的资产管理工具。拟议的工具将通过开发基于风险的资产管理框架，解决中小型水务公司供水系统的有效和高效率管理问题。这项研究将围绕三个相互依存的主题展开，即

Motivation for the research stems from the recognition of the fact that safe and secure water supplies are vital for the high quality of life and prosperity of Canadians. Water distribution systems are essential for ensuring health, safety, economic security and overall quality of life in an urban environment. To efficiently manage water infrastructure, large-sized municipalities diligently follow asset management paradigm, which helps to optimize the value of capital as well as maintenance, renewal and replacement investment planning. However, due to lack of financial resources and technical expertise, the asset management has not been properly implemented in small to medium-sized utilities. This project is aimed at developing an asset management tool for water mains that accounts to 60-80% of the water distribution system. Proposed tool will address effective and efficient management of water distribution system for small to medium-sized water utilities by developing a risk-based asset management framework. This research will focus on three interdependent themes, namely,