范围:本国际标准为饮用水设施的管理和饮用水服务的评估提供了指南。本国际标准适用于公共和私人所有和运营的供水设施。它不支持任何特定的所有权或运营模式。本国际标准涉及饮用水系统的整体，适用于任何发展水平的系统（如现场系统、配电网、处理设施）。以下内容属于本国际标准的范围:不同利益相关者通用语言的定义饮用水供应系统组件的定义饮用水设施管理指南目标指南、服务评估标准和相关绩效指标，适用于饮用水服务的评估。 以下内容不在本国际标准的范围内:拟定目标的目标值和阈值、服务评估标准和相关性能指标与饮用水系统的设计和施工有关的事项；与饮用水设施管理结构有关的事项与饮用水服务监管有关的事项，包括管理和运营活动与监管交付点和使用点之间安装的合同或分包合同内容有关的事项。注1:本国际标准ISO 24510和ISO 24511包括一系列水服务标准。 因此，建议将这三个国际标准结合使用。注2:本国际标准ISO 24510和ISO 24511共有第2条中的术语和定义列表。注3:附录A包含三个英文、法文和西班牙文对等术语对应表。

Scope:This International Standard provides guidelines for the management of drinking water utilities and for the assessment of drinking water services.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:the definition of a language common to different stakeholdersthe definition of the components of drinking water supply systemsguidelines for the management of drinking water utilitiesguidelines for objectives, service assessment criteria and related performance indicators, appropriate for the assessment of drinking water services.The following are outside the scope of this International Standard:target values and thresholds for proposed objectives, service assessments criteria and related performance indicatorsmatters relating to the design and construction of drinking water systems;matters relating to the management structure of drinking water utilitiesmatters relating to the regulation of drinking water services, including management and operational activitiesmatters relating to regulating the content of contracts or subcontractsinstallations 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.