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Title: Cut costs via online O&M information systems

Abstract

The Information Age, which hit its stride in the mid-1980s, has facilitated some wonderful changes within water and wastewater utilities. More information is available today than one could have begun to imagine even a decade ago. Worker productivity gains, equipment downtime reductions, and service quality improvements that have resulted from the availability, and use, of such information are enormous. Ironically though, as the amount of information has grown by orders of magnitude and people have become dependent upon this information to maintain current productivity levels, it has become much more difficult to locate and manage the particular pieces of information that are required. The information that assists us has simultaneously saturated our abilities to absorb and utilize it effectively. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the areas of operations and maintenance (O&M). As a result, water and wastewater utilities are reengineering to enhance the management and flow of information throughout their organizations. Many recent reengineering projects are implementing electronic online O&M information systems to manage the vast amounts of information within the utilities. Information of all types, including O&M manuals, as-built drawings, manufacturers` catalogs, equipment status and maintenance data, troubleshooting guides, photographs of equipment, and videos of equipment operatingmore » and being repaired and/or calibrated, is migrating to these online systems due to their inherent advantages.« less

Authors:
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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
518395
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
InTech
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 44; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION NEEDS; MAINTENANCE; WATER UTILITIES; SEWAGE

Citation Formats

Leake, G A, and Monroe, D. Cut costs via online O&M information systems. United States: N. p., 1997. Web.
Leake, G A, & Monroe, D. Cut costs via online O&M information systems. United States.
Leake, G A, and Monroe, D. 1997. "Cut costs via online O&M information systems". United States.
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title = {Cut costs via online O&M information systems},
author = {Leake, G A and Monroe, D},
abstractNote = {The Information Age, which hit its stride in the mid-1980s, has facilitated some wonderful changes within water and wastewater utilities. More information is available today than one could have begun to imagine even a decade ago. Worker productivity gains, equipment downtime reductions, and service quality improvements that have resulted from the availability, and use, of such information are enormous. Ironically though, as the amount of information has grown by orders of magnitude and people have become dependent upon this information to maintain current productivity levels, it has become much more difficult to locate and manage the particular pieces of information that are required. The information that assists us has simultaneously saturated our abilities to absorb and utilize it effectively. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the areas of operations and maintenance (O&M). As a result, water and wastewater utilities are reengineering to enhance the management and flow of information throughout their organizations. Many recent reengineering projects are implementing electronic online O&M information systems to manage the vast amounts of information within the utilities. Information of all types, including O&M manuals, as-built drawings, manufacturers` catalogs, equipment status and maintenance data, troubleshooting guides, photographs of equipment, and videos of equipment operating and being repaired and/or calibrated, is migrating to these online systems due to their inherent advantages.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/518395}, journal = {InTech},
number = 2,
volume = 44,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1997}
}