Asset Management of Urban Drainage Systems: If anything exciting happens, we've done it wrong!
Asset management issues are and will always be key concerns for many stakeholders in the water sector. Despite this, there is still a lack of awareness and clear guidance on the topic. There has been some focus on the management of drainage pipes, but more effort needs to be dedicated to examining the various regulations, practices, and research within this discipline. It's paramount to consider the long-term management of urban drainage assets, given the role they play in ensuring the wellbeing of our communities.
Asset Management of Urban Drainage Systems is the first comprehensive handbook that deals with the asset management of infrastructure dedicated to both sewage and stormwater, including blue-green infrastructure. It gives an insight into the theoretical background of asset management itself and showcases regulations and legislation influencing it. The methods used to investigate the condition of assets, and how they can be modelled and represented while accounting for the associated limitations, are also presented. The book describes how the discipline can move from a purely condition-based approach to a service-based one using risk-management strategies, seen in the broader context of decision-making. Data management and techniques for the rehabilitation of urban drainage assets are also explored.
From technicians who want to know more about the tools and methods, to researchers and students who want a broad overview, to professionals who are tasked with developing short, medium, and long-term asset management strategies, this book provides important content for a wide audience.
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Chapter 3: Rules and regulations
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Published:June 2024
Frédéric Cherqui, Bert van Duin, Nathalie Hernandez, Karsten Kerres, Bardia Roghani, Franz Tscheikner-Gratl, 2024. "Rules and regulations", Asset Management of Urban Drainage Systems: If anything exciting happens, we've done it wrong!, Frédéric Cherqui, François Clemens-Meyer, Franz Tscheikner-Gratl, Bert van Duin
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Abstract
This chapter covers the legal framework and technical regulations that must or should be observed for the strategic asset management (AM) of urban drainage systems over the entire life cycle (planning, construction, maintenance, and dismantling). A distinction is made between rules and regulations that deal with network management in general (strategic level) and rules and regulations that address the management of individual network components and/or certain activities (e.g., CCTV-inspection and condition assessment of reaches or stormwater basins). These activities are subsumed under ‘operative level’.
It should be noted that both the legal framework and the applicable technical regulations vary widely from region to region. In some cases, different regulations apply even in different provinces or federal states of a country. Against this background, only case studies can (such as regulations that apply to Germany, France, Colombia or Canada) and will be presented in this chapter.
It is thus made clear that AM in the sense of ISO 55000 to 55002 (AM) enables a structured approach to a multi-layered field of tasks. In this way, goals and conflicting goals can be identified and prioritized at various levels and, in conjunction with the continuous improvement process in accordance with ISO 9000 and 9001 (Quality Management Systems), efficient ways can be found to achieve these goals.