Web-Based and Geospatially Enabled Tool for Water and Wastewater Pipeline Infrastructure Risk Management

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dc.contributor.authorSekar, Varun Rajen
dc.contributor.committeechairSinha, Sunil Kumaren
dc.contributor.committeememberHancock, Kathleen L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDeane, Jason K.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:45:27Zen
dc.date.adate2011-10-06en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:45:27Zen
dc.date.issued2011-08-26en
dc.date.rdate2011-10-06en
dc.date.sdate2011-09-16en
dc.description.abstractAdvanced pipeline risk management is contingent on accurately locating the buried pipelines, the milieu, and also the physical condition of the pipelines. The web-based and geospatially enabled tool presented in this thesis provides an improved way to assess the risks associated with the failure of water and wastewater pipelines. This thesis focuses on the development of a web-based and geospatially enabled tool and a network level risk model for the quantitative risk assessment of water and wastewater pipelines by taking into account the likelihood and consequence of pipeline failure. The parameters used in the risk model are evaluated by water and wastewater utility asset managers in the United States, and derived by GIS using advanced geospatial tools. A web-based and geospatially enabled proof of concept is developed as a tool for utilities to access the risk model results for the water and wastewater pipelines. An exclusive working environment will be provided for each utility with access to their respective data and risk model results. Also, this is a risk model for strategic infrastructure risk management, and it is to be used for asset allocation, financial planning, and determining condition assessment methods on a network level.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-09162011-141232en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09162011-141232/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/35075en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartSekar_VR_T_2011.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWeb-baseden
dc.subjectGeospatialen
dc.subjectRisk Managementen
dc.subjectWater Pipelineen
dc.subjectWastewater Pipelineen
dc.titleWeb-Based and Geospatially Enabled Tool for Water and Wastewater Pipeline Infrastructure Risk Managementen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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