Consequences of Failure
Consequences of failure are dependent on the asset type.
Water Pipe Failure Consquences
Pipe failure consquences can be classified into three categories2:
1. Direct Cost
- repair
- damage to nearby infrastructure
- water lost
2. Indirect Cost
- supply interruption to business
- reduced fire fighting capacity due to decreased hydraulic capacity
3. Social Cost
- reduction in water quality due to ingress of contaminants
- deterioration of public trust
- traffic disruption
- disruption of water supply to critical facilities e.g. hospitals, home-dialysis
External Links & References
- International Infrastructure Management Manual
- Makar, J. and Kleiner, Y. (2000). Maintaining water pipeline integrity, AWWA Infrastructure Conference and Exibition, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, March 12-15, 2000.
