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
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Standards and norms
- Water supply – Requirements for building exterior networks and their components. AFNOR - NF EN 805 - 2000
- Activities relating to drinking water and wastewater services – Guidelines for the management of drinking water utilities and for the assessment of the services provided. ISO - ISO 24512 - 2007
- Asset management – Overview, principles and terminology. ISO - ISO 55000 - 2014
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Regulations
Article D. 2224-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities.
Instruction n° DGS/EA4/2012/366 of October 18, 2012 relating to the identification of polyvinyl chloride pipes likely to contain residual vinyl chloride monomer likely to migrate into water intended for human consumption and to the management of health risks in the event of the quality limit of water intended for human consumption for...
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