Distribution System Resiliency: Prioritization, Assessment, and Replacement or Rehabilitation 

Distribution System Resiliency: Prioritization, Assessment, and Replacement or Rehabilitation

Water utilities are committed to ensuring a safe continuous supply of water to their customers. Ensuring a continuous supply requires planning for asset rehabilitation and replacement. Prioritization of capital funds used for utility asset replacement or rehabilitation is often a struggle for utilities as managers are often challenged to balance resources necessary to operate their systems with long range capital needs.  This training will cover:   

• Master planning process used to establish how distribution system projects are generated during planning.
• City of Gresham Seismic Resilience plan. How to perform a high level assessment of the seismic risks of piping, reservoirs and pumps stations.  
• Acoustic pipe condition assessment used to prioritize pipe replacement at the City of Gresham.
• Use of real-time smart water grid technologies and condition assessment tools for pipeline risk assessment.
• Pipe rehabilitation pilot study at Seattle Public Utilities and alternatives available to utilities.
• Planning and implementing condition assessments and structural evaluations of existing reservoirs including methods and techniques for performing inspections and assessments of both steel and concrete reservoirs.
• Comparison between proactive and reactive approach to maintaining steel and concrete coatings.

Presentations:   

1. Distribution System Assets: System-Wide Prioritization - Dan Reisinger, Carollo Engineers
2. Gresham Seismic Resilience Assessment - Jason Branstetter and Wendy Andaya, City of Gresham
3. Gresham Pipeline Condition Assessment - Jason Branstetter and Wendy Andaya, City of Gresham
4. Managing the Likelihood and Consequence of Water Distribution Failure - Roy Martinez,
5. Pipeline Rehabilitation, Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) Cured in Place Pipe (CIPP) Pilot Project - Aziz Alfi, Seattle Public Utilities
6. Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation of Water Storage Tanks - Tom Boland and Travis McFeron, Murraysmith
7. Concrete and Steel Tank Maintenance: Reactive vs Proactive - Jeff Austin, Suez Utility Service Co.

Course Length - One Day (Lunch Included)                                                             

Location - City of Vancouver - Water Resource Education Center 4600 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver WA

CEUs - 

WA - Total 0.6 CEUs 

OR - Total 0.6 CEUs 

Cost -

AWWA Member - $90

AWWA Non-Member - $115

Recommended Participants

• Asset Management Staff
• Engineers
• Operators
• System Managers