Strengthening the Talent Pipeline Together: Become a Founding ILP Partner

by BAMI-I Content | Dec 8, 2025 | BAMI-I News, Blog, News, Projects

Strengthening the Talent Pipeline Together: Become a Founding ILP Partner We believe this initiative will meaningfully strengthen the future of our underground infrastructure industry. We talk often about the “aging infrastructure” crisis—the crumbling...

Data-Driven Sewer Network Asset Management: Experiences from Finland

by BAMI-I Content | Oct 30, 2025 | BAMI-I JOURNAL, BAMI-I News, Blog, Journal 2025 Edition 2, News, Projects

While Finland has been featured regularly at the top of international water governance rankings, it still faces severe challenges maintaining its high-quality water and sewer management practices. This article presents experiences from a novel, cost-efficient, and...

Switz City’s Asset Management Plan: An Opportunity to Re-Examine Rates

by BAMI-I Content | Sep 2, 2025 | BAMI-I JOURNAL, Blog, Journal 2025 Edition 2, Projects, Switz City AMP Project

Asset management plans identify capital projects that must be completed so that the utility can continue to provide safe and reliable service, and those capital projects require money.  In conjunction with the asset management plan for Switz City, team partner Water...

An Evaluation of the Switz City Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP)

by BAMI-I Content | Sep 2, 2025 | BAMI-I JOURNAL, Blog, Journal 2025 Edition 2, Projects, Switz City AMP Project

Artistic Impression Of Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) The Switz City Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) is located at 5429 County Road 200 N., Switz City, IN. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program or NPDES Permit Number is IN0042650, and the...

Completed and Implemented: Town of Switz City’s Asset Management Plan (AMP) in Action

by BAMI-I Content | Sep 1, 2025 | BAMI-I JOURNAL, Blog, Industry News, Journal 2025 Edition 2, Projects, Switz City AMP Project

By BAMI-I Journal Editor: Wei Liao In the southwest corner of Indiana lies Switz City, a town of 268 residents that has taken an unusual path over the past two years. Once reliant on a “fix it when it breaks” approach, the community has now moved toward a data-driven...

Switz City, IN Asset Management Plan (AMP) – Progress Report – Feb 2025

by BAMI-I Content | Feb 25, 2025 | BAMI-I JOURNAL, BAMI-I News, Blog, Journal 2025 Edition 1, Projects, Switz City AMP Project

Background The Switz City, IN Asset Management Plan (AMP) project was launched in January 2023 as a collaborative effort between BAMI-I, the Alliance of Indiana Rural Water (AIRW), Ziptility, Bynum Fanyo Utilities (BFU), Purdue Underground Infrastructure Team (Purdue...