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Resilience Index Calculation Workbook (ISO 24510-aligned)

The Resilience Index Calculation Workbook is an Excel-based analytical tool designed to quantify the resilience of water distribution networks (WDNs) in accordance with ISO 24510:2021 — 'Activities relating to drinking water and wastewater services — Guidelines for the assessment of resilience'. It operationalizes standardized metrics for resistance, redundancy, resourcefulness, and rapidity to produce a composite Resilience Index (RI) score between 0 and 1.

📖 Overview

The workbook implements the four-pillar resilience framework defined in ISO 24510 — namely Resistance (ability to withstand disruption), Redundancy (existence of alternative pathways or sources), Resourcefulness (capacity to mobilize response capabilities), and Rapidity (speed of restoration). Each pillar is assessed using quantifiable network parameters (e.g., pipe connectivity, valve isolation efficiency, pump station backup power, SCADA coverage) mapped to ordinal or continuous scales aligned with ISO’s qualitative descriptors. The tool supports both static baseline assessments and scenario-based stress testing (e.g., pipe failure, power outage, demand surge) by enabling users to toggle infrastructure states and recalculate indices dynamically. It incorporates built-in data validation, automated normalization, weighted aggregation, and visual dashboards (e.g., radar charts, pillar-wise scores, trend tracking), facilitating comparative analysis across assets, zones, or time periods. Designed for utility engineers, asset managers, and regulatory auditors, the workbook bridges ISO 24510’s high-level principles with practical, spreadsheet-based implementation—requiring no specialized software beyond Microsoft Excel and compatible with EPANET-exported hydraulic model outputs.

📑 Key Components

1 ISO 24510 Pillar Scoring Matrix
2 Network Topology & Hydraulic Data Input Sheet
3 Scenario Simulation Engine (toggle-based disruption modeling)

🎯 Applications

  • Baseline resilience benchmarking for regulatory compliance reporting
  • Prioritizing capital investment in aging infrastructure based on pillar-specific weaknesses
  • Post-event forensic analysis and resilience improvement planning after service disruptions

📐 Key Formulas

Composite Resilience Index (RI)

RI = w_R × R + w_D × D + w_U × U + w_T × T

Weighted arithmetic mean of normalized pillar scores (R=Resistance, D=Redundancy, U=Resourcefulness, T=Rapidity); weights sum to 1 and may be customized per utility context per ISO 24510 Annex B

Normalized Redundancy Score (D)

D = (N_alt / N_req) × (1 − CV_path_length)

Quantifies functional redundancy as ratio of available alternative supply paths to minimum required paths, adjusted for variability in path hydraulic efficiency (coefficient of variation of path lengths)

Rapidity Index (T)

T = 1 − log₁₀(t_restoration / t_threshold) / log₁₀(100)

Logarithmic normalization of measured restoration time (t_restoration) against utility-defined threshold (t_threshold), scaled to [0,1] where 1 indicates sub-threshold recovery

🔗 Related Concepts

Water Distribution System Reliability ISO 24510:2021 Resilience Engineering Frameworks

📚 References

#water resilience #ISO standard #Excel tool #infrastructure assessment #utility analytics