뉴저지 상수도국(Jersey Water Works)의 일원으로서 뉴저지의 물 인프라를 변환시키는 공동의 노력으로 최근 루이스버저(Louis Berger)사는 럿거스 대학(Rutgers University)·뉴저지 미래부(New Jersey Future)·미국 천연자원 보호 협의회(NRDC, Natural Resources Defense Council) 등과 뉴저지 ‘A·I·M·S4’ 프로그램의 발전을 위한 협력하겠다고 밝혔다.

 

이 프로그램은 환경·경제적 측면의 삶의 질을 개선하는 동시에 하수 관리 및 우수 인프라를 관리하는 혁신적인 방안을 포함한다. 루이스버저사는 뉴저지 상수도국을 대신해 뉴저지 미래부로부터 프로그램 개발에 대한 선도적인 스마트 성장 정책의 추진 의지를 유지할 수 있게 되었다.

 

 

 

As a member of Jersey Water Works, a collaborative effort to transform New Jersey's urban water infrastructure, Louis Berger recently collaborated with partners at Rutgers University, New Jersey Future and the Natural Resources Defense Council to develop the New Jersey A·I·M·S4 program. The program comprises a set of innovative tools to manage sewer and stormwater infrastructure, while improving the environment, economy and quality of life.

 

Louis Berger was retained by New Jersey Future, a leading smart growth policy and advocacy organization, on behalf of Jersey Water Works, to develop the program. The program facilitates broader adoption of effective strategies to managing sewer and stormwater infrastructure systems, and aims to be a "win-win" for municipalities and utilities that seek to achieve both regulatory compliance and lower infrastructure life cycle costs.

 

 "The water infrastructure in New Jersey's urban communities is aging and largely inadequate to meet present and future demands," said Niek Veraart, vice president of environmental planning at Louis Berger. "The challenges of delivering modern services, improving aging infrastructure and meeting regulatory requirements with limited resources affect sewer and stormwater infrastructure system managers in cities and towns across the country. As a member of Jersey Water Works, Louis Berger is proud to have been involved in the development of this program with the other partners, and hope that New Jersey's utilities and Departments of Public Works will begin using it to address these challenges soon."

 

The program was released December 10 at the New Jersey Urban Water Conference. Over the next few months, Jersey Water Works will promote the implementation of the program to ensure long-term progress.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2016년 2월 17일]