assignment 13

Discussion 1:

Pavement and storm water is all the water that runs off areas such as streets and lawns. This water if not harvested ends up causing downstream flooding, habitat destruction, and sewer systems become over flooded and may flow to residential places, infrastructure could be damaged and it can lead to contaminated rivers and water bodies (Kuruppu, Rahman & Rahman, 2019). This is the reason why there are measures in place to ensure that this water is captured and reused.

The data collection method that fits pavement and storm water management is reporting. This is because this method focuses on ensuring accurate data is received which can then be analyzed to make a good decision (Amoroso, 2012). The decisions will include what method to use in capturing this water, how polluted this water is, the areas that have the most pavement and storm water and the impact of this water to the environment. This method is also easily accessible.

Some of the tools that can be used here include NGO reports. This is because NGOs give a detailed and comprehensive report and will therefore cover all the data that is needed to make the decisions pertaining this water (Kuruppu, Rahman & Rahman, 2019). Newspapers and website articles are also an important place to get this data. This makes it easier quicker and cheaper to collect the data required.

Observation is also another method which can really help as this is something visible. The people in charge can just go to the affected areas and see how this water is like and based on this, they can make informed decisions (Kuruppu, Rahman & Rahman, 2019).

Discussion 2:

The case study is about an agency that focuses its system development and efforts involved in data collection on critical infrastructure on engineering management systems on different assets. The agency also plans to integrate these systems. The agency then focuses on data collection for the water treatment asset and the natural gas delivery management assets. In this case, several types of critical infrastructure data collection are needed for these facilities. The first critical infrastructure data collection involves data for the requirements of water treatment in the area (Amoroso, 2012). The data that contains water treatment requirements are needed to enable the agency to understand the regional requirements for the treatment of water. Another type of critical data required is the data concerning natural gas delivery management systems in the area. This type of data for the region is required in the agency to understand it and correlate it with the water treatment facilities in the region (Amoroso, 2012).

Another essential critical infrastructure data collection is data involving pavement. The agency will require data concerning pavements in the region to know and understand the different people walking in the region (Amoroso, 2012). This information will help consider the requirements of walking people while planning for the water treatment processes. Moreover, data for stormwater management is also another critical infrastructure data collection needed from the region. The data will help to relate stormwater with normal water, and to use the data to collate it with the water requirements. Another important data collection is the collection of data involving the water requirements for the region so that the water treatment can be associated with the water requirements for the area (Amoroso, 2012).

1.Evaluate one pro and con above proposed above discussions

Response Requirements:

1. Be 1 paragraphs in length for each Discussion

2. Your responses to above discussions must be more than a simple "Good job" or "I agree with your post". They must also not just be "Let me add to your post..." Instead, your responses to each other should do three things:

1. Acknowledge the above discussions with some form of recognition.

2. Relate the discussions to something you have learned or are familiar with

3. Add to the conversation by asking additional questions about the discussion, or discussing the topic further.