1. It Takes Two: Office and Field, Working Together
Glen Diaz
Division Manager,
Water/Wastewater Systems Assessment Division
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CWEA Collection Systems Committee
November 13, 2017

2. Today’s Topics - Office and Field
I/I reduction
Low flow monitoring
Collection Systems’ Pretreatment
Asset Management
ITCP Training
Lateral Rehab
MDE
Should each of these be a separate slide?

3. INTRODUCTION
(WSSC) is among the largest water and wastewater utilities in the nation, serving nearly 1.8 million residents in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties, Maryland.
Within these two counties, WSSC operates and maintains over 5,600 miles of sanitary sewer pipelines.
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4. WSSC approach: Asset Management
Levels 1, 2, and 3 condition scoring
Desktop analysis
Physical Inspection
Continuous inspection and monitoring

5. WSSC approach: Condition Assessment
Consistency in Asset Management
Standardized data collection
NASSCO
Manhole inspections
Pipeline inspections
Lateral Inspections
Non-standardized data collection
Smoke testing
Dye testing
Flow isolation
Consistency in Asset Management affects engineering’s data collection.  For example, sewer inspection is standardized with NASSCO.  We don’t have standards for smoke or dying testing, but have to ensure the consistency.

6. WSSC approach: Asset Management
Decision making
Asset renewal
Operations and maintenance optimization
Inspections feed asset management which requires quality data in order to be used for decision making