How Proactive Asset Management is Working Out for One Water Utility

Kansas City’s water utility hit a peak of 1,844 water main breaks in 2012. Today it has a much better handle on its aging infrastructure.

How Proactive Asset Management is Working Out for One Water Utility

KC Water is currently keeping a schedule of replacing 1 percent of its 2,800-mile distribution system every year. (Photos courtesy of KC Water)

An old, popular TV ad used to warn: You can pay me now or pay me later.

It was in essence a plug for a “proactive” approach rather than a “reactive” one,  the inference being that later would mean a lot more hassle and definitely a lot more money.

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