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King County Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) is taking a new systematic approach to asset management. This paper presents two facets of that approach, the Productivity Initiative Pilot Program and the implementation of Maintenance Best Practices. In 2001, King County took on an innovative program called the Productivity Initiative Program to explore opportunities on how this traditional utility could be managed and operated more like a business. For King County's wastewater treatment employees, this means providing the same high-quality services to the public that King County has always provided, and doing it with the right technology, human resources and fiscal planning found in the business world today. To the public, this means WTD is committed to being more efficient, reducing costs and meeting the county's obligations to protect public health and the environment. One key component of the Productivity Initiative is the Asset Management Pilot Program.