Water safety plans: Managing drinking-water quality from catchment to consumer
Prepared by Annette Davison, Guy Howard, Melita Stevens, Phil Callan, Lorna Fewtrell, Dan Deere and Jamie Bartram
During the revision of the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality leading to the 3rd edition, the value of the Water Safety Plan (WSP) approach has repeatedly been highlighted. The potential for water safety plan application has been evaluated in a series of expert review meetings in Berlin (2000), Adelaide (2001) and Loughborough (2001). This document describes the water safety plan approach and further substantiation is provided in a set of companion volumes addressing source protection, treatment processes (at supply and household level), distribution of drinking-water and selection of parameters and analytical methods.
This book is aimed at practitioners at all levels. It is especially relevant to water quality managers, regulators (including those people responsible for putting together guidance notes on interpretation), auditors, consultants and international organizations.
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Water safety plans: managing drinking-water quality from catchment to consumer
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Table of contents, Acknowledgments, List of abreviations, Foreword
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: Roles, responsibilities and legal aspects
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Chapter3: Organising the development of water safety plans
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Chapter 4: Water supply description
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Chapter 5: Understanding the hazards and threats
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Chapter 6: Control measures and priorities
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Chapter 7: Limits and monitoring
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Chapter 8: Management procedures
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Chapter 9: Supporting programmes
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Chapter 10: Documentation and record keeping
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Chapter 11: Validation and verification
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Chapter 12: System assessment, upgrading systems and new supplies
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Chapter 13: Water safety plans for small systems
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Chapter 14: Water safety plans review, approval and audit
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Chapter 15: Time scale and cost implications
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Appendix A: Extracts from the Gold Coast Water (GCW) water quality management system
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Appendix B: Model water safety plans
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Appendix C: Sanitary inspection forms
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Publishing and ordering information
WHO/SDE/WSH/05.06
© World Health Organization 2005
Available in English only
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