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Maintenance Management Process

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Irrigation and Drainage Systems

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A case study from Maharashtra comparing maintenance performance between two transferred minor canals on the one hand and two non-transferred minor canals on the other is presented. It is shown that the clear differences in maintenance performance are due not to differences in resources expended, but to differences in maintenance management processes. This study demonstrates that small differences in management process can lead to major differences in maintenance performance under severe resource constraints.

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  1. International Water Management Institute Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Jeffrey D. Brewer & R. Sakthivadivel

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Brewer, J.D., Sakthivadivel, R. Maintenance Management Process. Irrigation and Drainage Systems 13, 207–227 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006299110207

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