6. Glossary

Pipe hydraulic criticality; Criticité hydraulique d'un tronçon

Annual volume not distributed to users due to service interruptions caused by section breaks.

Section failure; Pipe failure

Leak or breakage of a repaired section of pipe.

Wealth management; Asset management

Process enabling a water utility to guide, control and optimize the supply, maintenance and decommissioning of infrastructure assets, including the costs required for specified performance, over their lifecycle.

Indicator standardization

Standardizing indicators means bringing them down to the same scale, so that they can then be combined in a simple, comprehensible way.

Drinking water utility; Service d'eau potable