1 Scope
This International Standard provides guidelines for the management of drinking water utilities and for the assessment of drinking waterservices.
This International Standard is applicable to publicly and privately owned and operated
water utilities. It does not favour any particular ownership or operating model.
This International Standard addresses drinking water systems in their entirety and is applicable to systems at any level of development
(e.g. on-site systems, distribution networks, treatment facilities).
The following are within the scope of this International Standard:
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— the definition of a language common to different stakeholders;
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— the definition of the components of drinking water supply systems;
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— guidelines for the management of drinking water utilities;
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— guidelines for objectives, serviceassessment criteria and related performanceindicators, appropriate for the assessment of drinking waterservices.
The following are outside the scope of this International Standard:
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— target values and thresholds for proposed objectives, serviceassessments criteria and related performanceindicators;
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— matters relating to the design and construction of drinking water systems;
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— matters relating to the management structure of drinking water utilities;
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— matters relating to the regulation of drinking waterservices, including management and operational activities;
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— matters relating to regulating the content of contracts or subcontracts;
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— installations between point-of-delivery and point-of-use.
NOTE 1 This International Standard, ISO 24510 and ISO 24511 comprise a series of standards addressing water services. It is therefore advisable to use these three International Standards in conjunction
with each other.
NOTE 2 The list of terms and definitions in Clause 2 is common to this International Standard, ISO 24510 and ISO 24511.
NOTE 3
Annex A contains three tables of correspondence between equivalent terms in English, French
and Spanish.