This handbook seeks to raise awareness among utility managers, decision makers, and other stakeholders of the benefits of developing robust O&M strategies for all existing hydropower plants and those under development. On this basis, the World Bank teamedup with different representatives from the hydropower community to prepare the companion report titled Operation and Maintenance Strategies for Hydropower— Handbook for Practitioners and Decision Makers. 本手册旨在提高公用事业经理、决策者和其他利益相关者的意识，使他们认识到为所有现有的和正在开发的水电站制定强健的运营管理策略的好处。在此基础上，世界银行与来自水电界的不同代表合作编写了题为《水电运行和维护战略——从业人员和决策者手册》的配套报告。