Mohammed Rafiqshan Ali Keywords water management water supply asset management of water nonrevenue water water district water and sanitation water utilities Read more about Mohammed Rafiqshan Ali Mohammed Rafiqshan Ali is the General Manager (Operations) of Nauru Utilities Corporation.
James Young Keywords water management water supply asset management of water nonrevenue water water district water and sanitation water utilities Read more about James Young James Young led the utility in delivering key services to customers on South Tarawa and promote a culture of learning, safety, and excellence within the utility. He also led the utility in a performance improvement process resulting in a more efficient, safer utility where staff is qualified, supported by training, and empowered in their career pathway within the organization.
Rhiannon Morgan Keywords water management water supply asset management of water nonrevenue water water district water and sanitation water utilities Read more about Rhiannon Morgan Rhiannon Morgan is a Mechanical Engineer at Hunter H2O based in Australia.
Asset Management: Condition and Performance Read more about Asset Management: Condition and Performance The speakers set the scene with an overview of the discipline of asset management. He highlighted the importance of asset managers knowing their assets as the foundation for the implementation of sound asset management. He also emphasized the importance of good data management as an essential feature of an asset management system. The use of tools such as spreadsheets was highlighted as an effective and low-cost way for utilities to organize and analyze their data.
Sharvint Chand Keywords water management water supply asset management of water nonrevenue water water district water and sanitation water utilities Read more about Sharvint Chand Sharvint resides in Fiji and brings over seven years of experience in water and wastewater planning, modeling, procurement, loan and grant applications, and project management. He joined Hunter H2O in 2019 with a postgraduate certificate in human resource management and a degree in engineering technology (mechanical and manufacturing) from the University of the South Pacific. Areas of specialty include:
Condition Assessment Examples Read more about Condition Assessment Examples The practical aspects of condition assessment were discussed in small groups allowing participants to examine real world examples of assets, make condition judgements and look at potential corrective actions.
ADB Water Utility Asset Management Guide Read more about ADB Water Utility Asset Management Guide This publication, ADB Water Utility Asset Management Guide, involves achieving the least cost and least risk of owning and operating assets over their life cycle while meeting service standards for customers. Consequently, utility managers need to put in place policies, plans, and strategies. Asset management for water utilities is more complex than for most other sectors because of the number, variety, age, condition, and location of assets; the magnitude of asset investment; and the difficulty of inspecting and maintaining buried assets.
RS based diagnostics for irrigation scheme performance Read more about RS based diagnostics for irrigation scheme performance In this presentation, Dr. Lisa-Maria Rebelo showcased outputs from remote sensing analyses with ground level data. She also discussed how these integrations contributed to better water asset management, targeting of investments and selection of priority assets/blocks/schemes and in identifying areas of decreasing performance related to water viability and productivity.
Targeting Investments in Medium to Large Scale Irrigation Schemes, IMWI Read more about Targeting Investments in Medium to Large Scale Irrigation Schemes, IMWI In this presentation, Dr. Simon Langan presented proper guidance to identify areas where investments are important. He showed how the organization and government functions contribute to water service delivery. He also discussed the issues of functions and the mechanisms to promote water services delivery, the officials in irrigation organization needs information about asset and performance of systems.
Simon Langan Keywords irrigation schemes water management watershed management Read more about Simon Langan Dr. Simon Langan is the director for digital innovation and IWMI’s country manager in Sri Lanka. He is an agricultural water management specialist with catchment/watershed management from field and modeling perspectives. Before joining IWMI, he was the director of the water program (water futures and solutions) at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria and the principal researcher and head of East Africa and Nile Basin office of IWMI in Ethiopia.