City of San Diego, California
Recent level of service changes in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) storm water permit require compliance with all regulatory water quality requirements within a given timeline. The City of San Diego Storm Water Division’s business drivers expanded from focusing on aging infrastructure to include preparation for meeting the upcoming Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) allocations of the NPDES storm water permit. It includes identifying the type, location, remedies, and costs needed to comply with the TMDL requirements for the infrastructure, as well as natural channels, multi-habitat areas, outreach programs, and policies.
As the Division manages non-enterprise funded assets, every year the Division competes for funding with police, fire, library, streets and other systems. In order to effectively communicate the needs and compete for funding, the Division decided to develop an asset management program to help justify and communicate its budgetary and resource needs to the City Council.
The Division developed an asset management plan to:
All storm water infrastructure assets were inventoried, assessed for condition, and recorded in the asset register. Through risk assessment, the needs of the storm water infrastructure were prioritized based on failure mode. Once the asset register was fully developed, it was imported into Kayuga Solution’s asset management program, IRIS (Infrastructure Reinvestment Intelligence System). Using IRIS, the Division was able to identify year-by-year capital and maintenance needs. The asset management plan successfully estimated and documented the future asset investment needs to manage the flood risks and comply with new regulatory requirements. For each year, Kayuga Solution identified asset actions (replacement and rehabilitation, program implementation, channel maintenance) and associated costs. Each action included an assessment of risks to help the Division prioritize its limited budget and resources. In addition, Kayuga Solution helped the Division assess and communicate the shortage of resources required to perform the necessary maintenance work. Through this transparent, data-backed justification process, the Division was able to better compete for funding and to set the asset management standards for all other departments and divisions.
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As the Division manages non-enterprise funded assets, every year the Division competes for funding with police, fire, library, streets and other systems. In order to effectively communicate the needs and compete for funding, the Division decided to develop an asset management program to help justify and communicate its budgetary and resource needs to the City Council.
The Division developed an asset management plan to:
- Establish a strategic framework that defined the mission, goals, objectives, and levels of service
- Understand the investment needs for its hard (conveyance, pump stations), soft (programmatic), and natural (environmental) assets for all watersheds
- Construct risk-based methodologies to help highlight and consistently prioritize critical assets
- Develop funding scenarios to understand appropriate funding levels
- Calculate resource requirements (FTE analyses) to properly meet all maintenance requirements
All storm water infrastructure assets were inventoried, assessed for condition, and recorded in the asset register. Through risk assessment, the needs of the storm water infrastructure were prioritized based on failure mode. Once the asset register was fully developed, it was imported into Kayuga Solution’s asset management program, IRIS (Infrastructure Reinvestment Intelligence System). Using IRIS, the Division was able to identify year-by-year capital and maintenance needs. The asset management plan successfully estimated and documented the future asset investment needs to manage the flood risks and comply with new regulatory requirements. For each year, Kayuga Solution identified asset actions (replacement and rehabilitation, program implementation, channel maintenance) and associated costs. Each action included an assessment of risks to help the Division prioritize its limited budget and resources. In addition, Kayuga Solution helped the Division assess and communicate the shortage of resources required to perform the necessary maintenance work. Through this transparent, data-backed justification process, the Division was able to better compete for funding and to set the asset management standards for all other departments and divisions.
See a list of all of our clients here.