Download or read book Utility Management for Water and Wastewater Operators written by Frederick Bloetscher and published by Amer Water Works Assn. This book was released on 2011 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book gives you an excellent understanding of the responsibilities and functions of the water or wastewater utility manager. You'll get methods, techniques, step-by-step plans, and more to shorten your learning curve and help you in your new position in water or wastewater utility management. This book introduces water utility management principles and practices to new managers, as well as anyone who wishes to move into utility management. The book explains the organization, management, and function of water and wastewater systems; regulations, operations and governance; capital funding, fees, and rates; and personnel, finance, customer service, planning, and public responsibility. Includes a CD containing the appendixes.
Download or read book Wastewater Treatment Operator Training Manual written by Water Environment Federation (Wef) and published by . This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual provides the fundamentals of efficient, effective utility management for each respective application that, combined, has resulted in an enriched depth of content with broader potential applications. Given the current challenge of leveraging existing human resources and engaging a new generation in wastewater management, the time and commitment volunteered by the dedicated wastewater professionals contributing to this manual is greatly appreciated.WEF acknowledges the following utilities and organizations, listed alphabetically below, who contributed information resources which added significant value to this manual: Beaver Water District, Bentonville, ArkansasClarksville Gas and Water Dept, Clarksville, TennesseeDC Water and Sewer Authority, Washington, D.C.George Wellan, Methanex Corporation, Manager Responsible Care, Addison, TexasGreg Dolan, Vice President, Arlington, VirginiaLoudoun Water, Ashburn, VirginiaMount Pleasant Waterworks, Mount Pleasant, South CarolinaThe Methanol Institute, Washington, D.C.Town of Leesburg, Water and Wastewater Utilities, Leesburg, VirginiaUpper Occoquan Sewage Authority, Centreville, Virginia
Download or read book Utility Management written by Office of Water Programs and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual is designed to train agency managers to use good business practices in managing a water or wastewater utility. It offers detailed information regarding all major responsibilities of a utility manager's key job elements and provides practical guidelines for policies and procedures. The manual explains how to asses the financial strength and stability of a utility, principles of budgeting, and how to fund capital improvements.
Download or read book Utility Management written by Lorene Lindsay and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual is designed to train agency managers to use good business practices in managing a water or wastewater utility. It offers detailed information regarding all major responsibilities of a utility manager's key job elements and provides practical guidelines for policies and procedures. The manual explains how to asses the financial strength and stability of a utility, principles of budgeting, and how to fund capital improvements.
Download or read book Water Utility Management written by American Water Works Association and published by American Water Works Association. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual of practice covers public water utility management, designed for new managers, accountants, and supervisors. Second edition.
Download or read book EPA 430 1 written by and published by . This book was released on 1976-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Risk Management for Water and Wastewater Utilities written by Simon Pollard and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-18 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The provision of safe drinking water and the protection of public health and the environment through the treatment of wastewaters is increasingly informed by risk-based decision-making. Aspects of utility management such as process design and optimisation, asset management and compliance monitoring rely on a mature understanding of process risk within a broader context of business and environmental risk management. For operators, risk management is now regarded as a key business function. Understanding risk and being able to implement risk management is critical to the provision of safe drinking water. As part of a move towards a more strategic, forward looking approach to utility management, the IWA is promoting a risk-based approach to water utility management, from catchment to tap, through the implementation of the Bonn Charter (2004). Why manage risk? Basic probability and statistics Process risk and reliability analysis Assessing risks beyond the unit process boundary Regulating water utility risks Business risk management for water and wastewater utilities Managing opportunity and reputational risk Embedding better decision-making within utilities Having provided rationale for the importance of risk management, the text begins with the familiar territory of unit processes and process reliability. It then broadens out to consider, first environmental then organisational risk management. The final sections are concerned with better utility decision-making. The book has been designed for individual self-paced study. Each section of the text gives step-by-step learning in a particular subject, that includes an approximation of how long you will need to spend on that section and provides key points that highlight the principles of the different sections. Each unit includes exercises to help understand the material in the text as well as self-assessment questions to test your understanding and text references.
Download or read book Water Utility Management written by Awwa and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual of practice covers public water utility management. It is designed for new or experienced managers, accountants, and supervisors.
Download or read book Privatization of Water Services in the United States written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-09-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the quest to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of water and wastewater services, many communities in the United States are exploring the potential advantages of privatization of those services. Unlike other utility services, local governments have generally assumed responsibility for providing water services. Privatization of such services can include the outright sale of system assets, or various forms of public-private partnershipsâ€"from the simple provision of supplies and services, to private design construction and operation of treatment plants and distribution systems. Many factors are contributing to the growing interest in the privatization of water services. Higher operating costs, more stringent federal water quality and waste effluent standards, greater customer demands for quality and reliability, and an aging water delivery and wastewater collection and treatment infrastructure are all challenging municipalities that may be short of funds or technical capabilities. For municipalities with limited capacities to meet these challenges, privatization can be a viable alternative. Privatization of Water Services evaluates the fiscal and policy implications of privatization, scenarios in which privatization works best, and the efficiencies that may be gained by contracting with private water utilities.
Download or read book Water Utility Management 2nd Ed M5 written by AWWA Staff and published by American Water Works Association. This book was released on 2011-01-12 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Water utility managers are in a challenging profession, and managerial leadership is key to successful utility operations. AWWA Manual M5, Water Utility Management, was developed through the collaborative effort of leaders in the utility profession who have successfully met the challenges of managing a water utility. This practical manual covers management issues such as internal organizational structure of typical water utilities, government relations, safety programs, engineering, public relations, and more. Book jacket.
Download or read book Wastewater Operator Certification Exam Prep written by Awwa and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pass your wastewater certification exam the first time! This study guide is specially developed to give wastewater operators practice answering questions that are similar in format and content to the questions that appear on certification exams. Sample questions are provided for grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 wastewater operator certification exams, so you can study the questions that are specific to your grade level. Answers and references are included for questions. Math questions include the method to solve. AWWA's most popular operator training aid, this study guide is specially designed to give water operators and students practice in answering questions that are similar in format and content to the questions that appear on state certification exams. Sample questions and answers for both wastewater treatment and collections systems are included.
Download or read book Return Sludge Flow Control written by Alfred W. West and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effective Utility Management written by Environmental Agency and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-03-17 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water and wastewater utilities across the country are facing many common chal¬lenges, including rising costs, aging infrastructure, increasingly stringent regulatory requirements, population changes, and a rapidly changing workforce. Effective util¬ity management can help utilities respond to both current and future challenges and support utilities in their common mission of being successful 21st century service providers. Based on these challenges, EPA and six national water and wastewater associations signed an historic agreement in 2007 to jointly promote effective utility management based on the Ten Attributes of Effectively Managed Water Sector Utilities and five Keys to Management Success. This Primer is an outgrowth of that agreement and distills the experience of a group of leaders in water and wastewater utility management into a framework intended to help utility managers identify and address their most pressing needs through a customized, incremental approach that is relevant to the day-to-day challenges utili¬ties face. In the future, the Collaborating Organizations will continue to work col¬lectively and individually to implement a range of short-term and long-term actions designed to promote and recognize excellence in utility management based on the principles and practices described in the Primer throughout the water sector.
Download or read book Effective Utility Management written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Safe Water From Every Tap written by Committee on Small Water Supply Systems and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-01-13 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small communities violate federal requirements for safe drinking water as much as three times more often than cities. Yet these communities often cannot afford to improve their water service. Safe Water From Every Tap reviews the risks of violating drinking water standards and discusses options for improving water service in small communities. Included are detailed reviews of a wide range of technologies appropriate for treating drinking water in small communities. The book also presents a variety of institutional options for improving the management efficiency and financial stability of water systems.
Download or read book Ensuring a Sustainable Future written by Environmental Protection Atgency (Us) and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing wastewater and drinking water service to citizens requires energy—and a lot of it. The twin problems of steadily rising energy costs and climate change have therefore made the issue of energy management one of the most salient issues facing wastewater and water utilities today. Energy management is also at the heart of efforts across the entire sector to ensure that utility operations are sustainable in the future. More and more utilities are realizing that a systematic approach for managing the full range of energy challenges they face is the best way to ensure that these issues are addressed on an ongoing basis in order to reduce climate impacts, save money, and remain sustainable. Working closely with a number of utilities and others, the Office of Water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proactively addressing this issue by developing this Energy Management Guidebook for Wastewater and Water Utilities that provides a systematic approach to reducing energy consumption and energy cost. This Guidebook was specifically written to provide water and wastewater utility managers with a step-by-step method, based on a Plan-Do-Check-Act management system approach, to identify, implement, measure, and improve energy efficiency and renewable opportunities at their utilities.
Download or read book Utility Management System written by James F. Ginley and published by American Water Works Association. This book was released on 2009 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide is for the implementation of water utility management best practices, as set forth in ANSI/AWWA G400 Utility Management System (AWWA G400). The guide will help utility managers understand the new standards.
