Analytical tools used in infrastructure asset management of urban water pipe networks are reliant on asset data. Traditionally, data required by analytical tools has not been collected by most water utilities because it has not been needed. The data that is collected might be characterised by low availability, integrity and consistency. A process is required to support water utilities in assessing the accuracy and completeness of their current data management approach and defining improvement pathways in relation to their objectives. This study proposes a framework to enable increased data-driven asset management in pipe networks. The theoretical basis of the framework was a literature review of data management for pipe network asset management and its link to the coherence of set objectives. A survey to identify the current state of data management practice and challenges of asset management implementation in five Swedish water utilities and three focus group workshops with the same utilities was carried out. The main findings of this research were that the quality of pipe network datasets and lack of interoperability between asset management tools are drivers for creating data silos between asset management levels, which may hinder the implementation of data-driven asset management. Furthermore, these findings formed the basis for the proposed conceptual framework. The suggested framework aims to support the selection, development and adoption of improvement pathways to enable increased data-driven asset management in municipal pipe networks. Results from a preliminary application of the proposed framework are also presented.

用于城市供水管网基础设施资产管理的分析工具依赖于资产数据。传统上，大多数水务公司并未收集分析工具所需的数据，因为它不需要。收集的数据可能具有低可用性、完整性和一致性的特点。需要一个流程来支持供水公司评估其当前数据管理方法的准确性和完整性，并根据其目标确定改进途径。本研究提出了一个框架，以增加管网中数据驱动的资产管理。该框架的理论基础是对管网资产管理数据管理及其与设定目标一致性的联系的文献综述。进行了一项调查，以确定数据管理实践的现状以及在瑞典五家水务公司和三个与相同公用事业公司举办的焦点小组研讨会中资产管理实施的挑战。本研究的主要发现是，管网数据集的质量和资产管理工具之间缺乏互操作性是在资产管理级别之间创建数据孤岛的驱动因素，这可能会阻碍数据驱动的资产管理的实施。此外，这些发现构成了拟议概念框架的基础。建议的框架旨在支持改进途径的选择、开发和采用，以增强市政管网中数据驱动的资产管理。还介绍了拟议框架的初步应用结果。