| Abstract |
Systematic Asset management is an important and essential attribute to ensuring sustainable water supply for the well-being of smart cities. There is a need for technological innovation and implementation of an affordable asset management system, taking into consideration the Life Cycle Impact (LCI) of all integrated components to achieve a robust water supply system in smart cities. Health risks due to possible intrusion through leakages, associated loss of energy, monetary involvement, and consequent loss of water, as well as the use of pumps, have made asset management a vital aspect of contemporary research and the practical world. Therefore, a decision-framing system is required to be developed through a life cycle assessment related to various integrated water supply components under smart cities. Studies suggested that water treatment and water abstraction were found to be the main consequences for most of the categories, considering their huge electricity consumption. The detailed inventory list, data requirement, and LCI parameters are assessed based on literature, essential for the holistic assessment of water supply assets. This paper attempts to provide a brief review of available literature and provide an impetus for preparing a conceptual framework for a proper trade-off concerning asset management systems, highlighting possible advantages and drawbacks considering its real-world application in the water supply system. A brief detail of the life cycle analysis system and its applications in water supply systems based on available literature are captured in this paper so that a simple, easy-to-operate, cost-effective, user-friendly and efficient method can be adopted for efficient asset management of water supply components under smart cities. Impacts are conventionally assessed for environmental, economic, and social consequences for analyzing sustainability. Advancement pertaining to the arena of life cycle assessment is discussed and the requirement of decision framing to detect possible detrimental effects on the assets and how it can be pro-actively assessed/ avoided are also emphasized. The role of life cycle analysis in water supply asset management is evaluated through literature-based case studies. An overview of the work carried out through Life cycle tools/ approach is examined to give motivation for future research work. Critical parameters are carefully reviewed, considering their importance in benchmarking asset management systems. A conceptual framework has been proposed based on how water supply assets under smart cities can be efficiently managed to achieve a sustainable water supply system. The issues and challenges associated with Asset management, along with a brief outline of future research scope, are also highlighted. © 2025 Seventh Sense Research Group®. |
