CASE STUDY
IMPLEMENTING FOR THE LARGEST PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WATER PROJECT IN THE U.S. When the San Antonio Water System embarked on the largest public-private partnership (P3) water project in the U.S., the team turned to KCI Technologies, Inc., to implement an innovative CMMS solution of Cityworks and ArcGIS. BY ALAN E. FOSTER AND JOE MURK, KCI PROJECT MANAGERS
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n order to secure water for their future, the San Antonio City Council voted in October 2014 to approve the Vista Ridge Pipeline—a pipeline designed to bring water to the city from aquifers six counties away. The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) embarked on a public-private partnership (P3) to fund and build the system, which is currently the nation’s largest P3 water project to date.
deliver up to 50,000 acre-feet of water per year, additionally helps the city prepare for drought and San Antonio identified the need for supports continued conservation the Vista Ridge Pipeline as part of SAWS’ 50-year water manefforts. Completed in 2020, the agement plan. Since the 149-mile water collection Produces 16 city expects to add one and transmission project billion gallons of million residents by the went live on April 15, 2020. water per year. year 2040, SAWS recogSimultaneously, Cityworks nized the responsibility Online is handling all proactive to protect their existing and reactive work, as well as all aquifer while increasing capacity inspections for the system. SAWS recognized the need and easing water restrictions. The for a computerized maintenance Vista Ridge Pipeline, which can
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