We are excited to facilitate the first 2025 ALN Roundtable Series focused on Water Utility Assets. This week’s ALN Th@3 pm ET will feature the AIM-USA/ALN Paper on “State Asset Management Initiatives for Public Water Utilities” and will highlight the West Palm Beach County Water Utilities ISO 55001 certification…and recertification…journey. See more below in People, Sources, and Upcoming Events. Register at this link.
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People
Anthony Armeli, Director of Maintenance and Melody Laven, Technical Compliance Manager worked with Pollop Phonpornwithoon, Asst. Department Director Operations, Maintenance, Technology (featured 2 weeks ago in People) at the West Palm Beach County Water Utilities to gain ISO 55001 certification. Their work is mentioned on 2 pages of the State Asset Management Initiatives for Public Water Utilities paper described in Sources below. They will elaborate on how they embraced the intent of the 2018 Americas Water Infrastructure Act regulatory requirements and went beyond simple compliance. They choose to align their efforts to global best practices and became certified to the ISO 55001 standard and are reporting value from their efforts. Join us by registering at this link.
Sources
AM Initiatives Paper
The Institute of Asset Management-USA and the ALN’s paper U.S. State Asset Management Initiatives for Public Water Utilities shows a breakdown of discrete activities under the four asset management categories extracted from the EPA’s 2024 State Asset Management Initiatives Document. Thus far, the States have significantly emphasized technical assistance and asset management training for Public Water Systems. By reviewing this synthesis of initiatives, readers will gain a clearer understanding of national efforts and regional actions, opening opportunities for collaboration, dialogue, and engagement with peer agencies. See the paper at this link.
Ideas
Review EPA AM Frameworks
Next week on ALN Th@3 pm ET, we will be review EPA Asset Management frameworks with David Totman, ALN Senior Fellow and American Society of Civil Engineers liaison on the ISO Technical Committee 251 dedicated to asset management. Learn about the EPA’s frameworks for Asset Management at this link prior to the open discussion next week.
Upcoming Events
Jan. 23 – ALN Th@3 pm ET – Special Water Systems Roundtable Program – Panelists include:
From West Palm Beach County Water Utilities:
Pollop Phonpornwithoon, Asst. Department Director Operations, Maintenance, Technology
Anthony Armeli, Director of Maintenance
Melody Laven, Technical Compliance Manager
and
Ken Gedman, Director, Advisory Services, Stantec
Feb. 5 – 5 pm Eastern – Value and Benefits from Asset Management: Electricity Generation Asset Management
Dragan Komljenovic, Eng., Ph.D., Researcher, Prediction and Reliability, Hydro-Québec, Research Institute
Robin Blair, Agency Asset Manager, Bonneville Power Administration
Stacey Webster-Wharton, Operations Performance Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration
If you are part of an ALN Member Organization, please send information about your upcoming speaking engagements to info@AssetLeadership.net.