Walter Graf Email & Phone Number

Asset Manager at the Norman M. Cole, Jr Wastewater Pollution Control Plant

Sydney, Au

• Developed Strategic Asset Management Plans (SAMPs),which included asset registers, for very small systems and completed spreadsheets as required for the Texas Water Board Asset Management Program for Small Systems (AMPSS) grant program. Involved interactions with system owners and local officials to design the best appropriate plans for each utility.• Project Manager and Asset Management technical reviewer to further develop a Risk Modeling assessment framework decision support platform produced as part of the aforementioned Master Plan. The project developed the visualization and implementation of a dynamic risk modeling solution through the design of an intuitive web interface and dashboard for easy access and manipulation of the risk modeling data.• Project Manager/Technical Advisor that delivered an Asset Management Plan, condition assessment data collection guidance, and asset registers for a medium size water and sewer authority ihat included workshops for Consequence of Failure (CoF) scoring and condition assessment data collection strategies and tactics.• Subject Matter Expert (SME) on a project to develop a Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) to align with, and communicate the utility’s vision and goals; and develop, expand, and mature the existing Asset Management Program. Assisted in delivering an Asset Management Gap Analysis workshop to establish areas of strengths and opportunities. The development of the SAMP consisted of two parts: AM Framework and an AM Implementation Plan. The framework task includes developing vision and policy statements, Level of Service and KPIs, Business Risk Exposure (BRE), asset life cycle guidelines, governance and data driven decision making strategies. • Project Manager to provide design and engineering services for design, bidding, and construction phase services for a force main replacement. Tasks include preparing a schematic design report, construction and bid documents, leading to an award recommendation.

Sydney, Au

• Led a team focused on evaluating services and asset locating for a low-pressure sewer system. Locations were verified using a combination of physical observations, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), and GPS location technologies to provide accurate, verifiable sewer line and valve locations to update the County’s GIS database. The up-to-date locations enabled the County to know where sewer assets are within the system, identify appropriate short-term improvements, and plan future system interventions. • Project Manager and AM technical reviewer for a project to audit the three-dimensional (3D) Building Information Modelling (BIM) models that contained information of the as-builts. The audits were required to verify completeness of the models as part of the closeout activities. The goal was to ensure the as-built documents provided contained the appropriate information in terms of accuracy and completeness. The effort led to the award of a contract expansion for additional services• Assisted in developing and successfully delivering a SAMP for a large Texas utility that led to additional tasks requested as the result of client satisfaction. • Project Manager, lead author, and technical reviewer for tasks required as part of a Master Plan development. Tasks included Data Collection and Review, Water Resource Evaluation, Developing and Evaluating Alternate Improvements, Asset Management and Prioritization, and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) recommendations. Led technical expertise to define Asset Management current conditions, performed risk analysis and management strategy groupings for buried assets, led design and development of a web-based decision support platform and authored the technical memorandum for the Asset Management, Project Prioritization, and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) recommendations of the Master Plan. This effort led to the award of a new contract to continue Asset Management and planning services for the City.

• Directed Strategic Asset Management (SAM) and Intelligent Water Systems (IWS) Research at the Alexandria office, directed the recently completed USEPA Aging Water Infrastructure cooperative agreement with cumulative budgets of $10+ million.• Assistant Director of the WRF USEPA STAR Nutrient Center.• Knowledgeable of industry-standards related to asset management including WE&RF's SIMPLE and SAM tools, ISO 55001, and IIMM.• Knowledge of strategies related to system inventories, condition assessment, remaining life, gap analysis, field techniques/equipment, level of service, business risk exposure, capital improvement projects, business case evaluations, economic decision making, workforce, smart water networks.• Delivered asset management training/workshops, conference and webcast presentations for national and international participants.• Representative to the Water Sector Coordinating Council (WSCC) and Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC) for water sector security, National Institues of Standards and Technology (NIST) Community Resilience Panel.Technical Reviewer - Condition Assessment and Asset Performance Guidelines Practice Note 7 – Water Supply and Sewerage Assets. Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA); Decision Support For Renewal of Wastewater Collection And Water Distribution Systems, USEPA:A Retrospective Evaluation of Cured-in-Place Pipe (CIPP) Used in Municipal Gravity Sewers, USEPA: Final Report Primer and Use of Condition Curves for Water Mains, USEPA; Technical Paper Submissions - IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition 2014.Scientific and Program Committee Member - Leading Edge Strategic Asset Management (LESAM 2013, 2017)Chair of Smart Sewers TPG for WEF Collection Systems Committee

In

• Managed Clean Watershed Needs Survey data collection for the State of Maryland.• Developed and delivered asset management training and consulting services to utility managers and personnel and regulators.• Conducted financial analyses and determined financing strategies of water and wastewater utilities for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) areas.

Washington, Dc, Us

Asset Management subject matter expert for Office of Water - Drinking Water Protection Division.Served on Sustainable Infrastructure Steering CommitteeTrained Agency personnel on infrastructure asset managementTechnical adviser for asset management software (CUPSS) development

In

Managed asset management initiative.Led development of TEAMS (Total Electronic Asset Management System) asset management software.Member of the Governor of Maryland's Finance Subcommittee of the Interagency Technical Assistance Committee (ITAC).Conducted financial analyses of municipal water and wastewater utilities to determine sustainable rate structures.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Geology/Earth Science

Mba, Finance