Southern Water Distribution Zone Study

SOUTHERN WATER DISTRIBUTION ZONE STUDY

The Challenge

Today, UK Regulators of the water industry place emphasis on using risk-based strategies as the basis for decisions on intervention, whether these are managerial, policy or scheme.

Southern Water needed to know the short term reliability of their infrastructure based upon recent defect information, but did not have up-to-date information or the means to undertake a risk assessment.

Our Solution

BV has developed an asset reliability risk methodology, which it utilised with respect to the Southern Water Distribution Zone Study. All pumps, pipes and other assets in the study area were surveyed, together with condition survey information. The resulting data was then used as the basis of a risk based analysis, determining the short term reliability of the infrastructure.