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AWWA ACE69073
- Lesson from Condition Assessment Tools and Transporters toward a Better Future for Pipeline Asset Management
- Conference Proceeding by American Water Works Association, 11/01/2008
- Publisher: AWWA
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This powerpoint presentation begins by presenting financial drivers in network infrastructure that include the following:desire to do more with less money;innovation in network inspection and transport tools;condition assessment based network management;better data management to set funding priorities; more automation to solve the shortfall in humans;sharing space and networks for multiple functions; and,innovation in network means and methods. Presentation conclusions indicate that: we need to look outside the box on how wecould improve the delivery to our clients;the oil and gas industry has been takingtechnologies from the medical diagnosticsindustry to build their own pipe networkinspection tools;the engineers and scientists from the gasand oil industry can teach many lessons tothose of us in the water and wastewaterindustry; and,those from outside of North America areahead of us in tools and transporters. Includes tables, figures.