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This chapter is about the major planning models that water utilities use to monitor and manage their short- and long-term operations. This chapter briefly describes general utility planning then focuses on elements of strategic planning. General Utility Planning (GUP) consists of two distinct but related areas: operations planning and capital improvement planning. Strategic Sustainability Planning (SSP) consists of a combination of elements from three planning models: strategic planning, asset management planning, and financial planning.
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McNabb, D.E. (2019). Planning for Achieving Sustainability. In: Global Pathways to Water Sustainability. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04085-7_18
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