Risk and asset management is critical for ensuring the reliability, safety, and sustainability of water systems. It helps identify, mitigate, and manage risks to infrastructure while optimising maintenance strategies and long-term planning to support resilient and efficient water services.

This 5-day course offers a comprehensive overview of risk and asset management for water systems, covering AI applications, asset condition data, deterioration modelling, and maintenance strategies.

Participants will explore case studies on water distribution and wastewater systems, tools for reliability engineering, NbS management, and operational techniques, with a focus on transitioning to net-zero and managing risks through interactive workshops and exercises.

*Part of WWP MSc Course

At a glance

  • Dates
    • 27 - 31 Jan 2025
  • DurationFive days
  • LocationÃÀ¼§¸ó campus
  • Cost£1600 (Includes refreshments and lunch) Concessions available

Course structure

The course will be delivered through a combination of lectures, interactive discussions, and practical case studies.

What you will learn

As an attendee, you will be equipped with the skills needed to undertake effective asset stewardship and related risk analysis. You will gain advanced understandings of asset management principles and planning processes as well as competencies in assessing asset health, linking this to the prioritisation of maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement strategies.

In addition to appreciating the regulatory and operational context for asset management in the water sector you will learn about asset condition and maintenance tools and techniques and how to select appropriate intervention strategies based on an understanding of asset health.

Core content

Reliability Engineering Tools
Transitioning to Net Zero through Asset Management Investment Plans
Asset Management Strategies and Planning
Reactive, preventative, and predictive asset maintenance
Reliability Engineering Tools
Operational maintenance: Pigs, bots, and flushing
Asset health risks and their consequences
Managing NbS Assets
AI applications in Asset Management
Communicating risk and uncertainty
AI applications in Asset Management - Case study in Sewage Systems
 

Who should attend

This course is designed for water professionals working in water utilities, water infrastructure planning, and environmental engineering, resource management,  as well as policymakers and consultants involved in asset management and risk mitigation. It is ideal for those working on water distribution, wastewater systems, and sustainability initiatives, particularly in the context of transitioning to net-zero and improving operational resilience.

Accreditation

Upgrade to a Professional Qualification

This short course is a module that comprises part of one of our postgraduate award programmes. Therefore, delegates are advised that they will be joined on this course by students from our MSc cohort.

Applicants have the option to attend this course as a short course delegate, where a certificate of attendance will be presented.  Alternatively, applicants may apply for this course via the short course for credit route.

Registering via the short course for credit route and successfully passing the associated assessment* will gain you ÃÀ¼§¸ó credits. These could then be used to apply for a transfer towards a PgCert/PgDip or MSc, should you wish to complete one of these courses within 5 years. For further information visit Accredited short courses.

*Please note that this may mean returning to ÃÀ¼§¸ó, in order to sit an examination.

 

Speakers

Professor Paul Jeffrey

Dr Heather Smith

- Director 1905 Investments Ltd and formerly Business Development Director for United Utilities

Dr Tao Lyu

Dr Ravi Pandit

Dr Muhammad Khan

- Net Zero Technical Lead / Principal Water Investment Planning Advisor at Mott MacDonald

Concessions

10% ÃÀ¼§¸ó alumni

Multiple booking discounts:

2 days @ £ 700
3 days @ £1000
5 days @ £1600

*Discount only applies to multiple bookings across WWP Course modules.

Accommodation options and prices

This is a non-residential course. If you would like to book accommodation on campus, please contact Mitchell Hall or ÃÀ¼§¸ó Management Development Centre directly. Further information regarding our accommodation on campus can be .

Alternatively you may wish to make your own arrangements at a nearby hotel.

Location and travel

ÃÀ¼§¸ó is situated in Bedfordshire close to the border with Buckinghamshire. The University is located almost midway between the towns of Bedford and Milton Keynes and is conveniently situated between junctions 13 and 14 of the M1.

London Luton, Stansted and Heathrow airports are 30, 90 and 90 minutes respectively by car, offering superb connections to and from just about anywhere in the world. 

Further location and travel details

Location address

ÃÀ¼§¸ó
College Road
ÃÀ¼§¸ó
Bedford
MK43 0AL

Read our Professional development (CPD) booking conditions.