Abstract for the 2024 Global Buried Asset Management Congress
Spindale Wastewater Collection, Conveyance, and Treatment System
Asset Management Plan Update 2024
Prepared by:
- Kurt Wright, PE
- Glenn Barnes
The first Asset Management Plan (AMP) for the Town of Spindale, North Carolina, Wastewater Collection, Conveyance, and Treatment System was prepared by SDG Engineering, Inc. in 2012. (The SDG Engineering, Inc. name at that time was Kurt D. Wright & Associates, Inc.)
The Spindale AMP was submitted to the Town of Spindale and the funding agency, the North Carolina Division of Water Infrastructure (DWI), under the Department of Environmental Quality. It was approved by DWI in 2013.
At the time of DWI’s approval, the reviewer stated that it was the best AMP of all fifty that had been submitted that year. Kurt attributes this accolade in part to his involvement in the Buried Asset Management Infrastructure – International (BAMI-I).
During the development of the Spindale AMP in 2012, Kurt joined the BAMI-I organization and assisted them with the development of CTAM-200, Developing an Asset Management Plan. SDG Engineering updated and revised the Spindale AMP this year.
Glenn Barnes, with Water Finance Assistance, was a member of the SDG Engineering Team developing the Spindale AMP. Glenn conducted the Rate Analysis component of the AMP. Together, Kurt and Glenn presented several options to the Spindale Board of Commissioners as to how they could establish the Enterprise Fund for the Spindale Wastewater Collection, Conveyance, and Treatment System on a sound financial footing. This presentation focuses on the many challenges associated with the rate analysis component of the Spindale AMP Update.
BIO :
KURT D. WRIGHT, P.E.
Owner/President, SDG Engineering, Inc. – Bostic, N.C.
2002 – Present
Mr. Wright established his own professional engineering firm in 2002 based in Rutherford County, North Carolina. The corporate mission is to meet client’s requirements by providing quality professional water and wastewater engineering services with solutions for a sustainable environment. Mr. Wright has 36 years of experience in engineering planning, design, project financing (grantsmanship), advertisement/bidding, contract administration, construction management, and startup services for numerous types of projects. Most of Mr. Wright’s experience is with municipal water and wastewater infrastructure.
Mr. Wright’s experience with Asset Management began in 2012 with his membership in BAMI-I (Buried Asset Management Institute – International). Mr. Wright was the chief author of the Asset Management Plan for the town of Spindale, NC, which was approved by the state of North Carolina in 2013. He holds a certificate of completion for CTAM 100, 200, 300 & 400, is a Professional Water Asset Manager (PWAM), and contributed to the development of the CTAM 200 and 400 training manuals.
EDUCATION:
B.S., Urban and Environmental (Civil) Engineering, 1977, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
- Water Environment Federation (WEF)
- American Water Works Association (AWWA)
- Buried Asset Management Institute – International (BAMI-I)
- North Carolina One Water (N.C. State Chapters, jointly for AWWA & WEA)
- North Carolina Rural Water Association (NC RWA)
- American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE)
- North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS:
– P.E., N.C. (#11694), 1984-Present
– Inactive: S.C. (#13479), 1990; Penn. (#042853), 1992 W.Va. (#12105), 1993; Ohio (#57589), 1993;
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
- Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE), American Academy of Environmental Engineers, since 1991
- Professional Water Asset Manager (PWAM), 2016
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