Asset Management Plan Development for a Wastewater Treatment Plant

Abstract

This paper offers insight on the process utilized for developing a basic asset management and maintenance program for a series of assets at a wastewater treatment plant. The wastewater treatment plant where this project was conducted did not have an existing record of its assets nor did it have any type of substantial maintenance plan in place. This ultimately hindered the plant from prolonging the life of its assets and tracking any finances spent on their maintenance and repair. Throughout the duration of this project, asset information was obtained and an asset inventory was created. Operation and maintenance manuals, as well as other supplemental information for each of the assets identified, were obtained in order to develop a substantial maintenance plan for each of the assets. The conclusion of this project resulted in a current asset inventory and a proposed maintenance plan for each of the assets identified. The project provided management at the wastewater treatment plant with a framework for the further development of their asset management plan as well as maintenance plans for any additions to their asset inventory in the future. This project provided a basic framework that allows management to continue to track maintenance and repair costs for the assets in their inventory if they choose to continue to do so. During the course of this project, management of the plant requested that all identifying information is removed. Per management’s request, all identifying information has been removed throughout this paper and all of the other deliverables that were involved in this project. Keywords: asset management, asset maintenance, asset inventory, preventative maintenance, wastewater treatment plant, maintenance plan, reactive maintenance, corrective maintenance