CSA ISO 24512:25

CSA Preface This is the second edition of CSA ISO 24512, Activities relating to drinking water and wastewater services — Guidelines for the management of drinking water utilities and for the assessment of drinking water services , which is an adoption without modification of the identically titled ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Standard 24512 (second edition, 2024-02). It supersedes the previous edition, published in 2010 as CSA Z24512 (adopted ISO 24512:2007). This Standard was reviewed for Canadian adoption by the CSA Technical Committee on Water Quality Management Systems, under the jurisdiction of the Strategic Steering Committee on Business Management and Sustainability and has been formally approved by the Technical Committee. This Standard has been developed in compliance with Standards Council of Canada requirements for National Standards of Canada. It has been published as a National Standard of Canada by CSA Group. Scope This document provides guidelines for the management of drinking water utilities and the assessment of drinking water services. This document is applicable to publicly and privately owned and operated water utilities. It does not favour any particular ownership or operating model. This document 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 document: — the definition of a language common to different stakeholders; — the definition of the components of drinking water supply systems; — guidelines for the management of drinking water utilities; — guidelines 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 document: — target values and thresholds for proposed objectives, service assessments criteria and related performance indicators; — matters relating to the design and construction of drinking water systems; — matters relating to the management structure of drinking water utilities; — matters relating to the regulation of drinking water services, including management and operational activities; — matters relating to regulating the content of contracts or subcontracts; — installations between point of delivery and point of use.