Esri water_wastewater SIG Charleston, SC 10-16-2014 - Wachs Water v3

Best Practices in Asset Management: The Power of Information in the Palm of your Hand

Esri Water/Wastewater SIGCharleston, South Carolina

October 16, 2014

Reducing the Consequences of Failure

America’s Infrastructure is Failing

• One Million Miles of Water Mains are in place – U.S.

• Some pipes date back to the Civil War era

• 240K Main Breaks per Year• ~700/day• Break Clock

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America’s Infrastructure is Failing

• Average – 1 Break / 4 miles• Currently Replacing Pipe -½

% per Year (200 yr plan)• The need will double from

roughly $13 billion a year today to almost $30 billion (in 2010 dollars) annually by the 2040s

• 7 Billion Gallons Lost Each Day (ASCE)

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Facts and Figures• Approximately 175,000 Gallons Per Minute Flowing• More than 4 feet deep in some residential areas.

Areas submerged in up to 4 feet of

water .

Hundreds of emergency services employees deployed.

6,000 homes impacted Flooding / No Water

Mid-AtlanticDecember 23, 2008• 66” Main Break• 150K gal / minute• Three Rescued by

Helicopter• Cause: Incorrect

Installation

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Data from Kansas City, MO

Avg Cost to Repair a Major Water Main Break– $6,000– Pipe Only

Location Pipe Street Restoration

Ward Parkway $3,000 $90,000

Holmes Rd $3,600 $130,000

Wornall Rd $322 $245,000

KCTV5 Investigates: Water Main Woe$Posted: Feb 09, 2012 6:39 PM CST Updated: Aug 31, 2012 12:24 PM CDT

What are the Costs of Failure? (AWWA, 2007)

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Risk

Likelihood of Failure

Consequence of Failure

• Age• Material• Service history

• Economic• Environmental• Social

Asset Management Controls Risks

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How is the Likelihood Managed?

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hydrant

valve

service

Asset usability consequences: • Duration: damaging flow

and actions to control the situation – 3 valves vs. 7 valves

• Footprint: more customers out of service – 3 services vs. 17 services

break

How are the Consequences Managed?

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Labor & Equipment

Collateral Damage

Treated Water

Sum of Costs

Damage to private infrastructure

Traffic disruptions

Customer outages

Public health

Damage to public infrastructure

Utility Labor & Equipment

Contractor Labor & Equipment

Delay charges

ElectricityChemicalsRaw water

Labor & Equipment

Collateral Damage

Treated Water

Sum of Costs

Damage to private infrastructure

Traffic disruptionsCustomer outages

Public health

Damage to public infrastructure

Utility Labor & EquipmentContractor Labor & Equipment

Delay chargesElectricityChemicalsRaw water

Minimizing the duration and footprint of failures has a direct impact on minimizing

consequences and costs

Opportunity to Minimize Costs

Buckets of Consequences

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Shorten the time(duration)

Make the impacted area smaller (footprint)

How to manage the Consequence of Failure

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How to manage the Consequence of Failure

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Is there meaningful content?

What Constitutes Information Usability?

Is it accurate?

Is it available?

Control: Information Usability

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Information Usability: Content

• What assets are represented in the information system?– All pipes, valves, meters, etc?

• What type of information is documented for assets in the system(s)?– What’s the condition?

– What are the as-is operating characteristics?

• Are the assets organized in a logical network that can be called upon to perform analyses?

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Example of Content ImprovementSystem Valve Feature class

GIS Attribute Example ValueDate Modified 5/12/2014Last User WachsWaterCondition Date 5/10/2014Condition GoodClockwise To Close Indicator Left TurnTurns To Open 27Easting 3132793.383Northing 13833419.48GPS Positioned YesOperating Nut Depth 1Torque Required 50Current Position OPENGate Orientation VERTICALValve Use IN LINEStructure BOXSurface Cover ASPHALTLid Size ROADWAYGPS Receiver GEOEXPLORER 6000 SERIESGPS Date 5/10/2014Notes NoneReason Inoperable NA

• 21 attributes being updated weekly (via replication)

• Over 175,000 data elements updated

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Content: Right Hand Close Valves

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Is there meaningful content?

What Constitutes Information Usability?

Is it accurate?

Is it available?

Control: Information Usability

Reducing the Consequences of Failure

Green Lines: Unadjusted GeometryRed Lines: Adjusted Geometry

Tee 30’

Valve 30’

Hydrant 13’Valve 27’

Information Usability: Accuracy

∆ = 15’

Average system valve search area reduced by

99.6%:7002 ft → 32 ft

Information Usability: Accuracy

Session 1 - MFS Distance from GPS to Existing GIS

Freq

uenc

y

43% of valves: ≥ 13ft – 5002 ft

25% of valves: ≥ 18ft – 1,0002 ft

3% of valves ≥ 40ft – 5,0002 ft

Information Usability: Accuracy

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• Valve is connected to 3 pipe features• Probably a tapping valve, needs to be evaluated

Information Usability: Network Topology

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Research is needed to determine if this is as designed or a GIS error

Information Usability: Network Topology

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Is there meaningful content?

What Constitutes Information Usability?

Is it accurate?

Is it available?

Control: Information Usability

Information Usability: Availability

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Can I find it?

What Constitutes Asset Usability?

Can I access it?

Can I fully close it?

Control: Asset Usability

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Control: Asset Usability

2 of 5 valves on average are not

usable

60% is National Average Usability

The Asset Itself

Reducing the Consequences of FailureReducing the Consequences of Failure1 in 4 valve structures

Asset Usability Example

Reducing the Consequences of FailureDuration: 7 valves Footprint: 19 hydrantsDuration: 9 plat cards

The Value of Control

Reducing the Consequences of FailureDuration: 2

Valves Footprint: 19 hydrantsDuration: 1 GIS

The Value of Control

Reducing the Consequences of FailureDuration: 1 Valve Footprint: 4 hydrantsDuration: 1 GIS

High impact, low cost repair, high

priority

The Value of Control

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Duration: 7 valves Footprint: 57 customers

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Duration: 3 valves Footprint: 57 customers

Information Usability Improvements

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Duration: 2 valves Footprint: 13 customers

Information & Asset Usability Improvements

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Water RF (study 4369 – UIM Article 4/15/14)

“…having an asset management program in place can play a key role in minimizing damage due to infrastructure failure, particularly if the program had a special focus on the valve management program. Knowing the exact location of each valve, whether the position of the valve was open or closed and having performed regular operability maintenance of the valves, made it more likely that the utility’s crew could quickly isolate the area of the break, and thereby, minimize the amount of water discharged and damage to surrounding properties.”

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Reducing the Consequences of Failure

Wachs Water Services

• Focuses on Reducing the Consequences of Failure

• Asset Management / Condition Assessment Programs

• Information is Key• Information that’s content rich, accurate and

available to support decision making during failure events

Session 1 - MFS

Best Practices in Asset Management: The Power of Information in the Palm of your Hand

Ryan McKeon, VP Of Strategy & Technology(443) 386 7531

rmckeon@wachsws.com