A C Grade for U.S. Infrastructure? Las Vegas Water Expert Says Its Not Enough @waterloop
A C Grade for U.S. Infrastructure? Las Vegas Water Expert Says Its Not Enough  @waterloop
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
💧 H2O INTRO 👤 Meet Janelle Boelter, Director of Infrastructure Management at the Las Vegas Valley Water District and the Southern Nevada Water Authority

The C grade may be the highest the American Society of Civil Engineers has ever given U.S. infrastructure — but for Janelle Boelter, that's not good enough.

Las Vegas is a city that never sleeps, which means its water infrastructure can't afford to rest either. As the person responsible for preparing her utility for the future, Janelle is rethinking how water systems plan for aging assets — moving beyond the traditional five- or ten-year capital improvement plan toward something more comprehensive.

Her approach: enterprise asset management. Rather than looking at infrastructure in broad strokes, she breaks it down to its individual components — a pumping station becomes its pumps, its electrical systems, and every other discrete asset, each tracked and funded on its own terms.

The goal is to give utilities the financial framework they need to truly account for what they have, what's aging, and what it will take to keep the water flowing for generations to come.

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00:00:00 — Infrastructure's "C" Grade & Introduction
00:00:33 — The Challenge of Aging Infrastructure in Las Vegas
00:01:00 — Why Capital Improvement Plans Fall Short
00:01:15 — Breaking Down Assets: The Enterprise Approach
00:01:25 — Funding the Future of Infrastructure

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