2026 Pipeline Condition Assessment Seminar
Developing Water Utility Action Plans
AWWA’s three-day in-person seminar tackles the issue of pipeline condition assessment. As renewing and replacing aging infrastructure remains a top challenge facing the water sector, more utilities are embracing asset management practices, including condition assessment. A condition assessment program helps utilities make informed, risk-based decisions on when it is best to maintain, repair, rehabilitate, or replace assets.
Developing and implementing such a program is challenging. This seminar was created to assist drinking water utilities develop and implement a comprehensive condition assessment program or improve their existing program. The focus of this seminar is on water transmission and distribution pipes.
February 23-25, 2026
Monday - Wednesday
Objectives
During this seminar participants will be engaged in instructional training, interactive exercises, and group sharing that will cover the key components of a condition assessment program, such as:
- Defining the problem(s) that the utility wants to solve with a condition assessment program.
- Developing condition assessment program goals, objectives, and data expectations.
- Building support and securing an annual budget for a condition assessment program (e.g., business case to present to management and elected governing officials).
- Prioritizing asset classes based on performance measures and risk (i.e., likelihood or probability and consequence of failure).
- Defining the utility’s risk tolerance and condition assessment thresholds.
- Creating a framework and data management system for collecting, storing, and using condition assessment data.
- Understanding and choosing the appropriate condition assessment methods and technologies.
- Evaluating the utility’s options for using in-house or contracting field inspection, data management, and engineering services.
Description
Please visit the PCA Seminar webpage for a detailed daily agenda, instructor bio, and hotel reservations.
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