AWWA JTMGT57441:2023

AWWA JTMGT57441:2023

We've Downsized, Optimized and Securitized: Are We Done Yet?

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The number of contract operated water and wastewater plants in the United States increased more than five fold during the 1990s. Contract operators succeeded by showing that these plants could be operated more efficiently and effectively by using a number of strategies. Water and wastewater utility managers responded to this challenge by adapting the contract operator's strategies and focusing on: reducing unit operations and maintenance (O&M) costs, achieving staffing efficiency, optimizing operations, and, increasing effectiveness. This paper demonstrates that, by and large, the industry has been successful in meeting this challenge. However, this decade's challenges will be quite different and utility manager's focus will have to shift from: downsizing to rightsizing, O&M cost reduction to capital and support efficiency, and, from optimization (or competitiveness) to constant improvement. This paper focuses on the implications of staffing demographics on utility management and the steps that management must take on the road to a rightsized organization. The American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AwwaRF) has recently awarded a research project to study the implications of labor demographics entitled "Succession Planning For A Vital Workforce in the Information Age." This study which is also co-funded by the Water Environment Research Foundation is briefly described.

Zusätzliche Information

Autor American Water Works Association (AWWA)
Veröffentlicht von AWWA
Document type Proceeding
Thema /subgroups/2174
Seitenzahl 7
Schlagwort AWWA JTMGT57441