Published January 15, 2020 | Version v1
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Sewer asset management – state of the art and research needs

  • 1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
  • 2. Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • 3. University of Lyon, INSA Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
  • 4. Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
  • 5. Department for Building and infrastructure, SINTEF, Oslo, Norway
  • 6. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geoscience, Department of Water management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
  • 7. Irstea Bordeaux – ETBX, Cestas, France
  • 8. School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • 9. Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 10. Dr.-Ing. Pecher und Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Berlin, Germany
  • 11. 3S Consult GmbH, Dresden, Germany
  • 12. Aachen University of Applied Sciences – FH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
  • 13. Department of Hydraulics and Environment, LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 14. INESC Coimbra, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
  • 15. Faculty of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 16. Irstea, UMR GESTE, Engees, Strasbourg, France

Description

Sewer asset management gained momentum and importance in recent years due to economic considerations, since infrastructure maintenance and rehabilitation directly represent major investments. Because physical urban water infrastructure has life expectancies of up to 100 years or more, contemporary urban drainage systems are strongly influenced by historical decisions and implementations. The current decisions taken in sewer asset management will, therefore, have a long-lasting impact on the functionality and quality of future services provided by these networks. These decisions can be supported by different approaches ranging from various inspection techniques, deterioration models to assess the probability of failure or the technical service life, to sophisticated decision support systems crossing boundaries to other urban infrastructure. This paper presents the state of the art in sewer asset management in its manifold facets spanning a wide field of research and highlights existing research gaps while giving an outlook on future developments and research areas.

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Funding

European Commission
Mind4Stormwater – Innovative stormwater asset management in future cities 786566