Aging infrastructure, booming urban populations and more intense climate events have stretched the capabilities of existing infrastructure. These changes have ushered in a new era of investment across the entire water infrastructure portfolio to increase both capacity and resiliency. As a result of this investment, the program management delivery model has become a key tool for utilities to manage delivery complexities in addition to meeting multiple long-term objectives.

According to EPA estimates, U.S. utilities will need to spend around US$1.2 trillion to meet clean watershed and drinking water capital needs. This spending target will require unprecedented investments to upgrade existing infrastructure and construct new public works while protecting generational water supplies.

Today’s water modernization objectives span immense financial and technical scales and require a nuanced approach to planning and delivery that aligns diverse stakeholders, ensures funding availability, defines procurement strategies and, ultimately, integrates new assets into existing systems. Water infrastructure owners and operators have embraced the program management delivery model because it aligns complex, disparate projects to meet long term goals for stakeholders. Check out AECOM for the full perspective!