Water utilities consulting services | Assetivity

Ensure maximum value for your assets.

Water utilities are typically subject to pricing regulation and have to meet the expectations of their regulator in this area. All asset-related expenditure has to be justified, and penalties typically apply if customer service obligations aren’t met. Water utilities are also facing longer-term challenges relating to climate change, which impacts on their water supply, and community and government desire to reduce water usage, which in turn reduces revenues.

The reliability and availability of critical equipment is vitally important within the water utilities sector in order to ensure that customer supply and water quality obligations are met. The sector also faces unique challenges in that almost all pipework is buried underground which makes assessing its condition more difficult, and this in turn impacts on the accuracy of forecasts for maintenance and replacement of those assets. And sewerage treatment plants have their own unique environmental risks.

Asset management, maintenance and reliability are all vitally important to the water utilities sector, and the work that we have done for clients in this sector includes all of these subjects.

We have also delivered training in asset management, maintenance and reliability improvement to the water utilities sector.

Our clients

Some of our past and present clients within the water utilities sector include:

  • Aroona Alliance
  • Gladstone Area Water Board
  • Goulburn Valley Water
  • Greater Western Water
  • Queensland Urban Utilities
  • South Gippsland Water
  • Sunwater
  • Sydney Water
  • Unity Water
  • Water NSW
  • Water Corporation

Water utilities articles

What does a good Asset Management Decision-Making Framework look…

ISO 55001:2024 introduces the concept (and requirement for) a “Decision-Making Framework”. This has caused some consternation amongst those seeking alignment or certification with the standard. This article…

Do you have effective maintenance planning?

Many organisations still struggle to make their maintenance planning and scheduling as effective as it should be. Here are a few tips that will help.

What makes a good Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP)?…

Let’s take a detailed look at what a good Strategic Asset Management Plan document may look like for your organisation.

4 traits of an excellent maintenance team

We often hear companies say that people are their best asset. Why is it that the sum of good people and good systems does not always produce good performance?

Why most RCM and PMO projects fail

The amount of effort required to implement a revised optimised maintenance program is often underestimated.

10 tips for better maintenance planning and scheduling

Maintenance sits at the heart of any good asset management system. Here are 10 tips to start improving your work management and deliver results.

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