| | NOVEMBER 20228MAINTENANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE IMPORTANCE OF CMMS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT IN THE NEW AGE OF WASTEWATER OPERATIONSCharles Heino, Director of Municipal Operations, EOM OperationsByThe key to managing any aspect of wastewater mechanical assets is no secret. It is the proper maintenance of assets that creates infrastructure longevity and operational efficiencies; however, the actual interpretation of asset maintenance is often widely inconsistent as a whole. The idea of maintenance is nothing new and has been around since mechanical pumps and components were first implemented in to wastewater systems. It has not been until the 21st century that software technology has been able to finally meet a long-needed demand of point of service tracking within plants and systems. For decades, ad hoc software packages were concocted though makeshift spreadsheet formats utilized within the wastewater operating systems however, they performed little in the way of tracking real-time maintenance. Today, our industry has available many web-based Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) platforms and the most robust cellular network in history all at our fingertips. At the operator level, CMMS provides the capabilities to monitor, track, record, and IN MY OPINIONCharles Heino
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