CASE STUDY
A WATER UTILITY’S ASSET MANAGEMENT STRATEGY GOES VERTICAL Evansville Water and Sewer Utility needed a way to schedule and track preventative maintenance for their water and wastewater treatment plants. Here’s how they organized their vertical asset data and plant maintenance workflows.
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Pop. Served: 121,000 Depts. Using Cityworks: Engineering Services, Distribution and Collections, Plants, Vehicle Maintenance, and Regulatory Compliance Staff Using Cityworks: 50 User Since: 2012
BY LOGAN GUFFEY, FACILITIES ASSET MANAGER AT EVANSVILLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY, AND JESSICA STACK, SENIOR CONSULTANT AT POWER ENGINEERS, INC.
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he Evansville Water and Sewer Utility (EWSU) draws water from the nearby Ohio River to supply water and sewer services to 65,000 customers in the metropolitan area. As a longtime Cityworks user, EWSU is well-versed in managing and tracking its horizontal water and wastewater assets.
Vertical asset data for the utility’s three water and wastewater treatment plants had historically been tracked via paper methods and work activities were being tracked through two legacy systems. Although the two asset management systems for the utility’s treatment plants were working
well, neither system had a mapping component, and the asset selection process was not robust enough to consistently meet EWSU’s preventative maintenance needs. Recognizing there was a gap between the information being collected and the assets being managed, EWSU turned to long-
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