Management of water distribution system is becoming more sophisticated as the different assets in the distribution system are aging and becoming more prone to failure, as well as to rising materials’ costs and operational expenses.

The main aim of strategic and operational asset management is to gain the best delivery of services through efficiently managing the assets. This can be done by including different aspects like maintenance strategies, risks management and assets life cycle.

Asset management approaches with the aid of information technology helps the water utilities to manage assets in water distribution system in more cost effective way and improve the reliability and the performance of the system.