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In 2002, the Alexandria Sanitation Authority (ASA) commissioned a $230 million state-of-the- art advanced waste treatment (AWT) facility with a design capacity of 54 million gallons per day (MGD). ASA provides sewage treatment for 297,000 people in a service area of 51 square miles, which includes the City of Alexandria and portions of Fairfax County, Virginia. The Authority also owns and operates three large pump stations and approximately 14 miles of large diameter interceptor sewers. The commissioning of a multitude of new assets afforded ASA a unique opportunity to develop and implement a comprehensive asset management program. ASA "began with the end in mind" by developing a program to optimize the life cycle of its newly-constructed treatment plant assets as well as its legacy assets. ASA's experience illustrates how utilities can take a methodical, phased and practical approach to adopting asset management best practices and measure progress and effectiveness along the way. Includes figure.