BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Title
Water Utility Asset Management and Maintenance Program Update.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Receive update on the District's Water Utility Asset Management and Maintenance Program.
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SUMMARY:
Background and Purpose of Update
The Board of Directors has adopted the following Board Governance Policies that provide guidance on managing and maintaining Water Utility assets:
E-2.1. Current and future water supply for municipalities, industries, agriculture, and the environment is reliable.
E-2.2. Raw water transmission and distribution assets are managed to ensure efficiency and reliability.
E-2.3. Reliable high quality drinking water is delivered.
EL-6. The BAOs shall protect and adequately maintain corporate assets.
6.4. Maintain an Asset Management Program
In addition, at the Board Strategic Direction and Priorities Special Board meeting on October 4, 2016 and in subsequent Board Policy and Planning Committee discussions, issues, challenges, strategies and opportunities associated with water supply infrastructure were identified. They include: aging, vulnerability, understanding the District's level of risk, and knowledge of operations and maintenance (O&M) priorities. The Board also identified several outcomes to address these issues and challenges, including: continuing existing asset management strategies and looking at best practices, reviewing O&M prioritization process similar to the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) process, and elevating the role of O&M.
This update provides a semi-annual update on the asset management program as scheduled in the Board Policy Planning Calendar and describes: 1) Water Utility asset management planning and prioritization process and how this process drives annual maintenance and capital projects; 2) Water Utility maintenance and prioritization of daily maintenance work; 3) Performance Monitoring and Improvement program; and 4) additional Water Utility asse...
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