by Heather Himmelberger, Southwest EFC
Data is essential to all parts of asset management, but many water utilities just collect what they have always collected without giving any thought to whether the data is the right data, whether it answers the right questions, and what's missing. Your data practices deserve a review.
Learning takeaways:
- Data collected doesn't mean data needed. It is important for the data collected to match what is needed.
- How to question your data and conduct a simple data audit.
- It is important to think about benefits of changing data practices so that can be assessed with the costs (time and effort) of making the change.
