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Reducing Maintenance Risk and Expenses Through SUEZ’s Asset Management Program
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or small and medium-size municipalities and water utilities, the regular maintenance of assets like water tanks, metering systems, and wells may require significant expenses of time and money—especially when these assets break down earlier than expected. To address this problem, SUEZ North America has begun providing continuous maintenance services to utilities that cover the entire life cycle of an asset. Agencies pay a steady yearly subscription for yearly maintenance plus 100 percent coverage of any unexpected emergency repairs. In this interview, Jonathan Cato, SUEZ’s senior vice president of lines of business, speaks with Municipal Water Leader Managing Editor Joshua Dill about how SUEZ’s asset management program can reduce municipalities’ risk and expenses. Joshua Dill: Please us about your background and how you came to be in your current position. Jonathan Cato: I am an engineer by training. I started out in the industrial sector and the mineral processing industry, and after about 10 years, I moved over to
SUEZ Utility Services and our operations group, where I held a number of positions. Through my career, I have gone from project manager to business unit leader to vice president of operations. Now I manage all SUEZ’s lines of business, meaning the product offerings and service offerings we sell to municipalities throughout the United States. Joshua Dill: Please tell us about SUEZ’s asset management program. Jonathan Cato: There are three divisions in SUEZ North America. There’s the Utility Division, which owns and operates assets around New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. Then we have the Environmental Services Group, which does operations and management of municipalities’ water and wastewater collection systems. The group I am in is called Advanced Solutions. We provide water and wastewater services to municipalities. Advanced Solutions has over 600 employees nationwide and 20 delivery centers throughout the United States. MUNICIPALWATERLEADER.COM
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