Issue Responsibility Target Date Develop out line service plans for the new Infrastructure Projects 2015 development zones. Engineer/ Asset Management Engineer Evaluate the growth potential following the Development Engineer/ 2015 Census projections publication in summer Infrastructure 2015. Engineer/Asset Management Engineer Financial Forecasts Unit rate cost curves have been established for pipe-laying and storage tanks/reservoirs that are valued on unit rates. These have been benchmarked against other councils where the information has been available. Recent contract appear to show a price hike. It is not clear if this a temporary ‘blip’ or a more sustained increase. The main treatment plants have been valued on the basis of accumulated values of initial construction and upgrade costs. A thorough review of the treatment plant valuations is required as the main areas of expenditure have been captured but smaller upgrades and modifications may not be adequately represented in the current values. Issue Responsibility Target Date Review and update until rate cost curves Asset Management June 2015 Engineer onwards Revalue water treatment plants Asset Management 2015/16 Engineer Revise the Development Contributions CFO March 2015 Policy in line with current growth projections and costs. Condition Monitoring There is good knowledge of the performance of pipes by a long-established and experienced work force. Some visual condition assessment and photographic recording is undertaken on major repairs. A limited amount of pipe sample analysis has been undertaken on cast iron and asbestos cement pipe in the last 15 years. The general condition of the reticulation is estimated based on the above experience and the age and material of pipes. The current life expectancy of pipes is based on a theoretical maximum of 80-100 years or guidance from the AC Pipe Manual. This methodology is predicting a significant proportion of the network is reaching the end of its useful life; a prediction that is not substantiated by actual pipe failures. There is, therefore, a need for a more systematic condition analysis of the reticulation. The asbestos cement mains laid at the instigation of the Awatere water supply scheme in 1942 need to be treated as priority but a comprehensive condition assessment plan should be developed The asset management information system must be able to accept and report/display the condition grades for management decision making. Issue Responsibility Target Date Develop the condition survey and O & M Engineer/Asset 2016 monitoring tactics for watermains Management Engineer Develop operative skills in identification and O & M Egee/Asset 2015 recording of asset condition Management Engineer Develop condition grade recording and 2015 repotigsystems within the asset management information system Asset Management Engineer. Performance Monitoring A project has been initiated to establish a set of ‘live’ performance measures available to operators and technicians. The current formal performance measures reported in the Annual Page 89