Infrastructure Sustainability: A Shift of Priorities Towards Lifecycle Cost and Maintenance Read more about Infrastructure Sustainability: A Shift of Priorities Towards Lifecycle Cost and Maintenance In this presentation, Mr. Leather cites inadequate financing support to develop high-quality, high-capacity transport infrastructure and services as a key contributing factor to the current infrastructure gap in Asia and the Pacific. He also emphasized the importance of rehabilitation, improved management, and maintenance in improving the region's railroad system standards and operations, as well as the changing areas for ADB assistance in the railway sector.
What is Road Asset Management? Read more about What is Road Asset Management? Agenda • Asset Management Principles & Processes • Best Practice - ISO 55001 & IIMM • Lessons learnt
Can Irrigation Institutions Perform Better? Read more about Can Irrigation Institutions Perform Better? Modernization addresses the need to constantly manage change with the environment, the systems, and the needs of water users. This presentation itemizes the key components of change, the constraints that prevent institutions from embracing change, and the tools needed to empower them.
Twinning with Guiyang Beikong Water Company, People’s Republic of China Read more about Twinning with Guiyang Beikong Water Company, People’s Republic of China This presentation features the twinning project between City West Water (Australia) and Guiyang Beikong Water Company (People’s Republic of China). Details of the twinning visits, particulars of the project, and significant achievements to date are discussed.
Twinning with Zhengzhou Water, People’s Republic of China Read more about Twinning with Zhengzhou Water, People’s Republic of China This presentation features the twinning project between City West Water (Australia) and Zhengzhou Water (People’s Republic of China). Details of the twinning visits, particulars of the project, and significant achievements to date are discussed.
Treatment Plant Operations and Maintenance Read more about Treatment Plant Operations and Maintenance This presentation discusses the operations and maintenance (O&M) of treatment plants in City West Water in the City of Melbourne in Australia. The key drivers of O&M are also explained. The O&M activities of a number of alternative water operations are featured as examples.
Combined Sewers in Washington State, USA Read more about Combined Sewers in Washington State, USA The experience of Washington State in the USA shows that public trust and acceptance are essential to the conveyance and treatment of wastewater systems. Achieving sustainability requires understanding the importance of asset management and full economic cost of service.
Moving Targets: Irrigation Management Modernization in East Asia and the Pacific Read more about Moving Targets: Irrigation Management Modernization in East Asia and the Pacific The structural role and challenges of irrigation in East Asia are often not factored into macroeconomic accounts of regional development. The Asian Development Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the World Bank have expressed interest in taking a regional view of modernization to anticipate lending and technical assistance for irrigation in East Asia and the Pacific.
Moving Targets: Irrigation Management Modernization in East Asia and the Pacific Read more about Moving Targets: Irrigation Management Modernization in East Asia and the Pacific The structural role and challenges of irrigation in East Asia are often not factored into macroeconomic accounts of regional development. The Asian Development Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the World Bank have expressed interest in taking a regional view of modernization to anticipate lending and technical assistance for irrigation in East Asia and the Pacific.
Filling the Financial Gaps Read more about Filling the Financial Gaps There is a large gap in financing discussions: costs of services that people want and are willing to pay for, costs of asset management regulation, and public finance towards a long term vision beyond latrines. Looking at financing in the long-term is seen as a crucial move to fill in existing gaps.