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Page 1: program - rmwea.org...Provides nearly 40% of Michigan’s population with drinking water • Vast water supply system consisting of: – 3 intake facilities – 5 water treatment plants

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9/2

02

01

Stra

teg

ies

for im

pro

vin

g

op

era

tion

al e

fficie

nc

y

Joh

n W

. No

rton

, Jr., Ph

D., P

E

Directo

r –E

nerg

y, Resea

rch, a

nd

Inn

ova

tion

, GLW

A

Tw

o p

rima

ry s

trate

gie

s

•In

tern

al in

no

va

tion

pro

gra

m

–e

ng

ag

es a

nd

en

ha

nce

s em

plo

ye

e cre

ativ

ity

•E

xte

rna

l tech

no

log

y scre

en

ing

an

d tria

ling

pro

gra

m

–e

va

lua

te a

nd

scree

n te

chn

olo

gie

s to m

ee

t GL

WA

an

d m

em

be

r pa

rtne

r ne

ed

s

12

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GL

WA

–W

ate

r an

d w

as

tew

ate

r trea

tme

nt

Wa

ter

Sy

ste

m•

Pro

vid

es n

ea

rly 4

0%

of M

ichig

an

’s

po

pu

latio

n w

ith d

rink

ing

wa

ter

•V

ast w

ate

r sup

ply

syste

m co

nsistin

g o

f:

–3

inta

ke

facilitie

s

–5

wa

ter tre

atm

en

t pla

nts

–1

9 b

oo

ster p

um

pin

g sta

tion

s

–3

2 w

ate

r stora

ge

rese

rvo

irs

Se

we

r S

yste

m•

Pro

vid

es se

we

r serv

ices to

ne

arly

30

% o

f Mich

iga

n

•S

ing

le site

wa

stew

ate

r trea

tme

nt p

lan

t•

3 m

ajo

r Inte

rcep

tors

•5

pu

mp

statio

ns

•8

CS

O fa

cilities, in

clud

ing

5 re

ten

tion

trea

tme

nt b

asin

s

an

d 3

flow

-thro

ug

h ty

pe

facilitie

s

•C

on

ve

ya

nce

syste

m w

ith 1

81

mile

s of tru

nk

sew

ers

an

d in

terce

pto

rs

3

Re

gio

na

l Se

rvic

e A

rea

Se

we

r Sys

tem

Wh

ole

sale

sew

er p

rov

ide

r to 7

6 co

mm

un

ities sp

an

nin

g a

serv

ice a

rea

of m

ore

tha

n 9

88

squ

are

mile

s

Wa

ter S

ys

tem

Wh

ole

sale

wa

ter se

rvice

s pro

vid

er to

12

7 co

mm

un

ities

spa

nn

ing

a se

rvice

are

a o

f mo

re th

an

1,0

69

squ

are

mile

s

4

34

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Ca

utio

na

ry n

ote

an

d fin

e p

rint

•W

e a

re a

lrea

dy

do

ing

a b

un

ch (b

ut n

ot a

ll) of

wh

at y

ou

are

ab

ou

t to se

e…

•T

he

ov

era

ll pro

gra

m h

as n

ot y

et b

ee

n

ap

pro

ve

d

–It w

ill cha

ng

e

–W

e a

re ch

arg

ing

ah

ea

d a

ny

wa

y w

itho

ut a

co

mp

lete

pla

n

•T

ha

t is all I w

an

ted

to sa

y w

ith th

is slide

Inte

rna

l inn

ov

atio

n p

rog

ram

56

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Driv

ers

for a

n in

no

va

tion

pro

gra

m

•G

LW

A T

ea

m m

em

be

rs–

Em

plo

ye

e e

ng

ag

em

en

t

–Im

pro

ve

efficie

ncie

s, red

uce

risks,

imp

rov

e re

silien

cy

•M

em

be

r pa

rtne

rs–

Imp

rov

e u

nd

ersta

nd

ing

an

d

colla

bo

ratio

n

–P

rov

ide

reso

urce

s/su

pp

ort

•V

en

do

rs–

Imp

rov

e e

fficien

cy o

f ev

alu

atio

ns

–R

ed

uce

staff “tim

e sin

ks”

•O

ve

rall

–C

en

tralize

d re

po

sitory

for e

va

lua

ting

, tra

ckin

g, fe

ed

ba

ck o

f asse

ssme

nt e

fforts

–M

ech

an

ism fo

r rev

iew

, fea

sibility

a

ssessm

en

t, an

d tria

ls.

Stru

cture

d in

no

vatio

n

pro

cess

Oth

er

utilitie

s

Ve

nd

ors

Tea

m

me

mb

er

ide

as

Ov

era

ll pro

ce

ss

flow

ch

art

Ide

a cre

atio

n

•Id

ea

sub

missio

n

•E

no

ug

h

structu

re to

e

valu

ate

•W

he

re d

oe

s the

id

ea

fit with

in

GLW

A?

Eva

lua

tion

an

d

asse

ssme

nt

•In

itial scre

en

ing

•W

ho

sho

uld

e

valu

ate

?

•D

eta

iled

e

valu

atio

n

•D

ata

ga

the

ring

a

nd

eva

lua

tion

•Tra

ckin

g a

nd

re

cord

ing

Fe

ed

ba

ck a

nd

ne

xt ste

ps•

Fe

ed

ba

ck to

the

o

rigin

ato

r

•B

usin

ess ca

se

for fu

rthe

r in

vestig

atio

n

78

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As

pe

cts

of in

no

va

tive

ide

as

ba

se

d o

n s

ou

rce

•In

tern

al te

am

me

mb

ers

–S

ligh

tly m

ore

info

rma

l ap

pro

ach

–M

ultip

le y

ea

rs of se

ein

g/

wo

rkin

g in

a sy

stem

•E

xte

rna

l me

mb

er p

artn

ers

–S

ligh

tly m

ore

form

al id

ea

-ga

the

ring

pro

cess

–U

sing

a th

ird-p

arty

con

sulta

nt to

cura

te p

rod

ucts a

nd

le

ad

me

mb

er “T

ech

no

log

y A

ssessm

en

t Gro

up

” sem

ina

rs

•T

hird

pa

rty v

en

do

rs an

d se

rvice

pro

vid

ers

–A

ll GL

WA

tea

m m

em

be

rs can

dire

ct req

ue

sts ou

r wa

y

–V

en

do

rs req

uire

d to

fill ou

t a b

rief fo

rm d

escrib

ing

the

ir p

rod

uct, a

ssum

ptio

ns m

ad

e, a

nd

the

prim

ary

use

Stru

ctu

red

ap

pro

ac

h fo

r as

se

ss

ing

ide

as

•Id

ea

crea

tion

: Tra

ck th

e p

rog

ressio

n

•E

va

lua

tion

: Fe

ed

ba

ck to

ide

a in

itiato

r

•N

ex

t step

s: Re

cord

in d

ata

ba

se fo

r futu

re u

se

Ide

a

crea

tion

•Tra

ckin

g is critica

l to m

ake

sure

pro

ject is n

ot “lo

st”

Eva

lua

tion

•Fe

ed

ba

ck is critica

l. Qu

ickest w

ay

to d

am

ag

e

em

plo

yee

mo

rale

is to th

row

the

ide

a in

to a

bla

ck b

ox

Ne

xt step

s•

Clo

se, d

efe

r, or p

roce

ed

. Ad

d to

d

ata

ba

se fo

r sub

seq

ue

nt e

fforts

910

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Th

e IT

stru

ctu

re –

for in

tern

al u

se

•D

ed

icate

d p

ag

e,lin

ke

d to

ou

r ma

in

Sh

are

po

int site

•S

ub

missio

ns lin

k

•L

ink

s to

–T

ech

no

log

y d

ata

ba

se

–P

rev

iou

s sub

missio

ns

–In

form

atio

n re

sou

rces

De

dica

ted

In

no

vatio

n p

ag

e

Su

bm

ission

fo

rm

Tech

no

log

y ro

ad

ma

p

Da

tab

ase

of

pre

viou

s e

fforts

Ide

a p

rog

ress

an

d tra

ckin

g

Links to

re

sea

rch

pa

ge

No

thin

g h

ere

b

ut I fig

ure

d I

sho

uld

n’t

lea

ve it b

lan

k

So

me

co

nflic

ts a

nd

ob

se

rva

tion

s

•M

ust h

av

e th

e re

sou

rces a

nd

au

tho

rity to

ask

qu

estio

ns

an

d g

et a

nsw

ers

•M

ust b

e co

llab

ora

tive

–a

nd

tha

t’s still no

t en

ou

gh

•W

ate

r/w

aste

wa

ter tre

atm

en

t is ve

ry p

roce

du

ral –

ho

w to

d

ev

elo

p a

safe

pla

ce to

fail?

•“In

no

va

tion

” can

be

just a

che

ckm

ark

like

“susta

ina

ble

” o

r “resilie

nt”

•E

ve

ryo

ne

ha

s the

ir ow

n o

pin

ion

reg

ard

ing

wh

at

“inn

ov

atio

n” m

ea

ns

–“Y

ou

just g

o o

ve

r the

re a

nd

inn

ov

ate

wh

ile w

e d

o a

ll the

rea

l w

ork

.”

•M

ust h

av

e th

ick sk

in, th

e p

atie

nce

of a

sain

t, an

d th

e

pe

rsisten

ce o

f a w

olv

er

ine

.

11

12

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no

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arch

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e g

lob

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r tech

no

log

ies to

ad

dre

ss Me

mb

er P

artn

er n

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ds. W

e co

nsid

er a

ll typ

es

of te

chn

olo

gie

s, from

trea

tme

nt to

asse

t ma

na

ge

me

nt to

bu

sine

ss pra

ctices.

Tech

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ction

Isle w

ill sele

ct tech

no

log

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ua

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to m

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vid

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ives a

tech

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llow

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by Q

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iscussio

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rticipa

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rovid

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ed

ba

ck a

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lua

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eir o

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ill con

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e Te

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tech

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ste

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u th

ink I

ha

ve

be

en

do

ing

for th

e

last 2

0 y

ea

rs?

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bo

ut

time

oth

ers

ge

t in th

e

ga

me

.”

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ge

r -O

pe

ratio

ns

“So

un

ds g

rea

t, bu

t we

ha

ve

he

ard

this

stu

ff

be

fore

. By th

e w

ay –

ca

n’t y

ou

just a

pp

rove

my

pu

rch

ase

ord

er?

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hn

–F

ina

nce

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ha

ve

be

en

pre

tty

su

cce

ssfu

l to d

ate

an

d it

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ky. L

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tab

le

this

un

til ne

xt fis

ca

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Head

win

ds to

inn

ovatio

nCu

lture

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urc

es

18%

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cess

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er

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% C

ultu

ral In

ertia

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% T

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ure

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mp

loye

es

26

% O

rga

niz

atio

na

l Silo

s

11

% E

xe

cu

tive

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

Foste

ring In

novatio

n

Dire

ct In

flue

nc

e

Se

lectin

g, in

ve

stin

g,

de

ve

lop

ing a

n id

ea

.

Ma

teria

lizin

g a

cre

ativ

e

vis

ion

thro

ugh

oth

er

pe

op

le’s

wo

rk.

Ind

irec

t Influ

en

ce

Cre

atin

g th

e e

nviro

nm

en

t for

ide

a fo

rma

tion

, de

ve

lop

me

nt

an

d a

do

ptio

n. F

acilita

ting

inn

ova

tion

thro

ugh

org

an

iza

tion

al in

flue

nce

.

(Hunte

r et a

l, 2017)

21

22

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Utility

Innovatio

n R

esearc

h

Launched

Develo

pm

ent o

f

Innovatio

n

Fra

mew

ork

with

25

Utilitie

s

Expanded

Partic

ipatin

g U

tilities

to 5

0

AW

WA

, WE

F, W

SA

A,

WE

&R

F

Publis

hed U

tility

Innovatio

n

Fra

mew

ork

and

Launched C

am

paig

n

Launched L

eadin

g

Wate

r and W

aste

wate

r

Utility In

novatio

n

with

70 U

tility Partn

ers

AW

WA

, WE

F, A

MW

A,

NA

CW

A, W

SA

A

2015

2016

2017

2018

WR

F 4

907 –

Leadin

g W

ate

r and

Waste

wate

r Utility In

novatio

n

1.

Influ

en

cin

g th

e S

ocia

l Dyn

am

ics o

f Utility

Inn

ovatio

n

•Toolb

ox o

f sta

ff engagem

ent ta

ctic

s

•S

can o

f cultu

re a

ssessm

ent to

ols

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June 4

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