A computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) is a staple of quality maintenance departments. Now, CMMS is reaching new levels of performance and convenience with Web-based access.For years, water and wastewater utilities have used CMMS to care for assets as diverse as vehicle fleets, treatment plant equipment and in-the-field facilities such as valves and pump stations.Years ago, staff members had to put up with systems that took a long time to install, crashed servers, were difficult to upgrade, and required expensive hardware. More challenges arose from multiple databases for different facilities or sub-departments on which data had to be synchronized. Regular
