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Infrastructure Repair commented about their utility being able to see how a technology performs under unique scenarios comparable to their own. Much like the trending ���wiki��� sites, utilities can submit their own case studies. Once they are submitted, editing rights belong to the Virginia Tech graduate student site administrators. Sharing this information in consistent formats is key, not only to the industry, but to researchers and developers wishing to see how products and technologies perform in the field, and where improvements can be made. the practice for condition assessment and renewal engineering through utility experience, the academic measures required to successfully datamine the experience of utilities and to academically document findings, required a research approach that is exceptionally uncommon for the civil engineering field,��� said Sinha. ���We hope the academic foundation we have laid with WATERiD will permit the industry to more fully explore the practices associated with condition assessment and renewal engineering of drinking water and Walter Graf (left) receives the 2012 WATERiD Leadership Award from Virginia Tech���s Sunil Sinha. A ���First��� In Research wastewater pipelines, The project goes even further. Using an extractas well as providing a robust knowledge base for shartransfer-load process, WATERiD can pull information ing that knowledge for application.��� from municipal and utility websites, displaying all Award-Winning Work technologies, methods, and practices in one place. This capability was tested by the Town of Blacksburg The WATERiD project is funded under the Innovation Public Works Department (VA), and is the first time and Research for Water Infrastructure for the 21st all of this information has been in one place. It links Century cooperative agreement between the U.S. to relevant case studies concerning Blacksburg���s Environmental Protection Agency and WERF. Virginia implementations, as well as technology data sheets Tech recently recognized the contributions of the and bid information. Eventually, all data about a WERF Program Director, Walter Graf, to this project. utilities��� water infrastructure and asset management Virginia Tech awarded Graf a WATERiD DUG will be in one location to obtain information, and as (Database User Group) Award, which recognizes they update their sites, WATERiD updates as well. the outstanding individuals who championed and The WATERiD project is a resource that will never supported the research, development, implementation, and should never be ���complete,��� as it is a dynamic and population of WATERiD. Graf was honored knowledge base that requires the constant participation alongside other WATERiD Award winners at the 12th of the industry to evolve. The project team is working Annual Water Utility Infrastructure Management (UIM) hard to engage the industry on the website, and Sinha, Asset Management Conference Awards Dinner on through his efforts with WATERiD, is also working hard November 28, 2012 in Arlington, VA. ��� to engage the academic community. ���While the civil engineering expertise has been absoThis article was prepared by a team of WERF authors. Technical content was provided by WERF Program Director, Walter Graf; copy was drafted by editorial staff Ravi George and lutely required to understand and capture the state of Carita Parks. Editing was provided by WERF Director of Communications, Carrie Capuco. wateronline.com ��� Water Online The Magazine 27