Criticality ASSESSMENT OF WATER PIPELINES

Dear Sir/Madam

We would like to express our appreciation and gratitude to you for taking part of your time to complete
this questionnaire, which aims to identify the degree of importance of the factors affecting the
criticality assessment of water pipelines. The questionnaire is needed for a research project to build a
criticality assessment model which will be integrated with a reliability model to provide a holistic
performance assessment model for water pipelines. The information in the questionnaire will be used
solely for research purposes and will be treated in absolute confidentiality. The literature review and
the interviews with experts have indicated that the main factors having an effect on the criticality of
the water pipelines are as shown in Figure 1.

Economic Factors Enviromental/Operational Social Factors

Factors

Soil Type
Pipeline Size Road Type

Proximity to rivers and streams

Pipeline Material Existing of Alternative

Operating Pressure Route

Installation Depth
Type of Serviced Area

Low Accessibility

Figure 1. Factors affecting water pipelines criticality

After reviewing the main factors listed; kindly fill in parts (1) to (3) of this questionnaire.
PART (1) : GENERAL INFORMATION
1) How do you describe your occupation?

2) How long do you describe your working experience?

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 PART (2): PAIRWISE COMPARISON BETWEEN FACTORS
In an attempt to determine the degree of importance of factors affecting the criticality of water
pipelines, kindly fill the tables in the next pages by ticking () in the appropriate box based on your
point of view:
Example:
In the table below, consider comparing Pipeline Size (Criterion X) with Pipeline Material (Criterion Y) with respect to Physical Factors.
PHYSICAL FACTORS
Criterion Degree of Importance Criterion
(X) (Y)
(9) Absolute

(9) Absolute
(5) Strong

(5) Strong
Moderate

Moderate
(1) Equal
(7) Very

(7) Very
Strong

Strong
(3)

(3)
Pipeline Material
Pipeline Size Installation Depth
Low Accessibility

If you consider that Pipeline Size is more If you consider both Pipeline Size If you consider the Pipeline Material is
important than Pipeline Material and the and Pipeline Material have more important than Pipeline Size and
Equal importance; then tick ()
degree of this importance is Strong then the degree of importance is Absolute
here.
tick () here then tick () here

The same procedure is then followed when comparing Pipeline Size with Installation Depth and Low
Accessibility.
Pair wise Comparison between Factors:
Degree of Importance
(5) Strong

(5) Strong
Moderate

Moderate

Absolute
(1) Equal
Absolute

(7) Very
Strong
(7) Very
Strong

Criterion Criterion
(3)

(3)

(9)
(9)

(X) (Y)

WATER PIPELINES Criticality

Environmental Factors
Economic Factors
Social Factors
Environmental
Social Factors
Factors

ECONOMIC FACTORS
Pipeline Material
Pipeline Size Installation Depth
Low Accessibility
Installation Depth
Pipeline Material
Low Accessibility
Installation Depth Low Accessibility

ENVIROMENTAL/OPERATIONAL FACTORS
Proximity to rivers and
Soil Type streams
Operational Pressure

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Proximity to rivers
Operational Pressure
and streams

SOCIAL FACTORS
Existing of Alternative
Road Type Route
Type of Serviced Area
Existing of
Type of Serviced Area
Alternative Route

Degree of Importance

(3) Moderate

(3) Moderate

(9) Absolute
(9) Absolute

(5) Strong

(5) Strong
(1) Equal

(7) Very
Strong
Criterion
(7) Very

Criterion
Strong

(X) (Y)

ECONOMIC FACTORS
Environmental
Social Factors
Factors

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
Economic Factors Social Factors

SOCAIL FACTORS
Economic Factors Environmental Factors

Part (3): Water Components Weights:

Assume that a hypothetical segment of water encompasses a pipe, an isolation valve, a control
valve, and a hydrant. Kindly fill the following table to show the degree of importance of water
components. The total percentages should sum to 100.

Component Importance weight (%)

A pipe
An Isolation Valve
A Control Valve
A Hydrant
Total 100

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