Asset Management for Public Water Systems in Georgia

Empowering Georgia utilities to plan, prioritize, and manage water infrastructure with confidence.

Current Georgia EPD Standards

Since January 1, 2024, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has required applicable public water systems to submit a water system asset management plan as part of certain permitting processes.

The requirement applies to new and existing community water systems (CWS) and non-transient non-community water systems (NTNCWS) serving more than 3,300 people. Asset management plans are required before the issuance of a permit to operate a new system, a permit for ownership change, or a renewal permit.

This requirement is outlined in Appendix C of the Georgia Minimum Standards for Public Water Systems and is designed to help utilities better understand their infrastructure, prioritize critical needs, plan for long-term investment, and support reliable drinking water service.

Requirements for Georgia Public Water Systems

Requirements for Georgia Public Water Systems

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WithersRavenel helps Georgia utilities develop water asset management plans that meet Appendix C requirements and support long-term system performance. Our team develops AMPs, GIS databases, work order system strategies, condition assessment programs, lifecycle and predictive models, and capital improvement planning tools that help utility leaders make data-driven decisions.

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Brandon Inscore

Practice Area Lead, Funding and Asset Management

Asset Management for Water Systems

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Up-to-date data

Georgia water utilities need reliable, accessible system data to make informed decisions in the office, in the field, and during capital planning. WithersRavenel develops GIS-based asset inventories, dashboard-ready databases, lifecycle models, and planning tools that help utilities understand what they own, where assets are located, what condition they are in, and when investment may be needed.

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No data? No problem!

A water asset management plan often begins with data, but limited or outdated records do not have to stop progress. When utilities have incomplete GIS records, paper maps, older as-builts, or institutional knowledge at risk of being lost, WithersRavenel can help collect, organize, and validate asset information.

Our in-house GIS, surveying, remote sensing, utility, and asset management professionals can support field data collection, record conversion, staff interviews, condition assessments, and asset inventory development.

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Valuable asset data, leveraged

Asset data becomes more powerful when it is connected to decision-making. WithersRavenel helps Georgia utilities turn water system information into clear priorities, visual tools, and actionable capital improvement plans.

By linking asset inventory, level of service, criticality, condition, risk, lifecycle cost, and funding strategy, utilities can better prioritize rehabilitation and replacement projects, avoid reactive maintenance, and make the most of available funding.

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Pragmatic Asset Management for Georgia Utilities

An effective water asset management plan is more than a regulatory document. It is a practical framework for understanding current assets, defining service goals, identifying critical infrastructure, evaluating lowest life-cycle cost options, and developing a long-term financing strategy.

WithersRavenel works with public water systems to build asset management programs that are useful, scalable, and grounded in real-world utility operations. Our approach helps utility owners and operators:

  • Build or improve GIS-based water asset inventories
  • Identify critical assets and system vulnerabilities
  • Evaluate condition, risk, and remaining useful life
  • Support maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement planning
  • Develop prioritized capital improvement plans
  • Align infrastructure needs with long-term funding strategies
  • Prepare Appendix C asset management plan documentation

Utility infrastructure ages, workforces retire, and system data can quickly become outdated or lost. Asset management helps Georgia utilities keep reliable data at their fingertips and use that information to support compliance, budgeting, operations, and long-term system sustainability.

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What are others saying?

Our department’s mission is to provide essential services to the citizens of Sanford in the most courteous, convenient and cost-effective manner. We needed a tool that enhanced our capital improvement plan to better understand the future impact of planned rehabilitation and replacement projects. With these tools we have a powerful model of our sewer infrastructure that helps us make decisions with our citizens in mind.

Vic Czar Director of Public Works City of Sanford (NC)

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Frequently Asked Questions About Georgia Water Asset Management Plans

How can WithersRavenel help Georgia utilities with asset management?

WithersRavenel supports Georgia utilities with GIS asset inventories, field data collection, condition assessments, lifecycle modeling, risk analysis, capital improvement planning, funding strategies, and Appendix C asset management plan development.

How can GIS support a water asset management plan?

GIS helps utilities map, organize, and maintain asset data in a usable format. A GIS-based asset inventory can support condition assessments, criticality analysis, maintenance planning, capital improvement planning, and long-term funding decisions.

What must be included in a Georgia Appendix C asset management plan?

A Georgia water system asset management plan must include an asset inventory, a sustainable level of service, identification of critical assets, lowest life-cycle cost options, and a long-term financing strategy.

Who needs a Georgia water asset management plan?

Georgia’s asset management plan requirement applies to new and existing community water systems and non-transient non-community water systems serving more than 3,300 people during applicable permitting, ownership change, or renewal processes.

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