Christopher Crovo
Receives the Asset Management Award at the Annual NEWEA Conference
in Boston, Massachusetts
Established in 2007 by the Executive
Committee and recommended by the Asset
Management Committee, it is awarded to a New England agency,
organization or an
individual within an agency who demonstrates initiative and leadership
in the area of
asset management.
NEWEA is pleased to present the Asset Management Award to:
CHRISTOPHER CROVO
Portland Water District
Portland, Maine
Chris
Crovo has led the effort to incorporate asset management principles
and ideas into the daily goals and objectives of the Portland Water
District (PWD). Chris championed the idea of a Technology Steering
Committee (TSC) to address the need for oversight and direction for
the Asset Register Initiative. He has emphasized several underlying
principles to help guide the move toward a higher level of asset
management. The PWD is now able to support the asset management effort
to the high level it does because of the alignment between the
existing corporate goals and the asset management outcomes achieved.
The asset management efforts supported have
widespread applicability throughout the PWD and support improved asset
knowledge
and decision-making for a wide range of users.
Chris is an enthusiastic supporter of building a broader understanding
of Asset
Management in the Water/Wastewater industry. He encouraged efforts to
have PWD host the US EPA’s two-day Asset Management workshop and
invited other area utilities to participate. More than 40 district
employees attended the workshop and several water utilities and
consultants also sent staff. Chris has supported common asset
management training and implementation opportunities at the Southern
Maine Regional Water Council (an organization of seven southern Maine
water utilities including PWD). Chris enjoys having staff "share the
message" of PWD's experiences with other utilities and stakeholders.
The PWD staff have made presentations to water and wastewater
conferences, visited other utilities to provide thoughts on their
efforts and hosted small discussion sessions about what has and has
not worked for the PWD.
Chris
Crovo has led the effort to incorporate asset management principles
and ideas into the daily goals and objectives of the Portland Water
District (PWD). Chris championed the idea of a Technology Steering
Committee (TSC) to address the need for oversight and direction for
the Asset Register Initiative. He has emphasized several underlying
principles to help guide the move toward a higher level of asset
management. The PWD is now able to support the asset management effort
to the high level it does because of the alignment between the
existing corporate goals and the asset management outcomes achieved.
The asset management efforts supported have
widespread applicability throughout the PWD and support improved asset
knowledge
and decision-making for a wide range of users.
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