Download - Regulators view of standard
World Water Congress
& Exhibition 2014, Lisbon
LISBON CONGRESS CENTRE, 21 – 26 SEPTEMBER 2014
Pre Congress Forum Part II
ISO AM Standards in Water Sector
Regulator’s view of the
standards – The view of ERSAR Paula Freixial, The Water and Waste Services Regulation
Authority
LISBON CONGRESS CENTRE, 21 SEPTEMBER 2014
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CONTENTS
1. MOTIVATION FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE
ASSET MANAGEMENT (IAM) APPROACH
2. WHAT WE HAVE DONE
3. NEXT STEPS
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MOTIVATION FOR AN IAM APPROACH
In the last decades Portugal evolved from an “infrastructural
phase” to a “management phase”
Increasing pressure on operators regarding: quality of service and environmental protection cost recovery, with affordability of service to users risk management
Need for a long term vision for water services
It became essential to develop a strategy to meet the ideal
balance in the long term between quality of service and cost of
service in order to achieve an acceptable level of risk.
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WHAT WE HAVE DONE
Quality of service assessment - indicators more related to
Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM)
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WHAT WE HAVE DONE
Infrastructural knowledge index
This Index shows that most operators have insufficient
information on their assets
The Index is calculated based on the existence of the network plant and the information recorded about the network elements and interventions in the network
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WHAT WE HAVE DONE
Publication of two comprehensive IAM
manuals
Sponsorship of training courses for the
Portuguese operators
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ERSAR highlights the National Initiative for Infrastructure Asset
Management (IAM), a Portuguese collaborative project led by
LNEC (National Civil Engineering Laboratory, Portugal) through
which 19 water operators are developing their own IAM systems
and plans through a joint training and capacitation programme.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE
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Another important step was the
establishment in the Portuguese law
of the requirement for the
implementation of an IAM system,
applicable to water operators that
serve more than 30 000 inhabitants
WHAT WE HAVE DONE
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Publish an ERSAR recommendation indicating the aspects that
operators should observe in order to comply with the legal frame
Compare ISO 55 001 and IAM requirements, in order to identify
overlaps and gaps.
NEXT STEPS
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