Water safety plan quality assurance tool

Overview

The WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality advocates for the implementation of Water Safety Plans (WSPs), a risk based preventative approach to managing drinking-water safety from catchment to consumer. Since their introduction in 2004, WSPs are increasingly being recognized as the most effective approach to ensuring drinking-water safety and is being promoted by governments and implemented by water suppliers across the globe.

It aims to support the development, implementation and assessment of WSPs by systematically highlighting the areas where progress is being made and opportunities for improvement.

Key features

• The WSP quality assurance tool is an Excel-based tool. It is compatible with the 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2013 versions of Excel.
• The tool is available in English, French, Icelandic, Japanese, Lao, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese. Within the tool, you can select which language you would like to work in by clicking on Set Language.
• The tool has been developed to align with the Water Safety Plan Manual (2009). The manual should be the first point of reference; it should be understood prior to application of the WSP quality assurance tool.
• An overview of the tool and general instructions on its use have been included in the WSP quality assurance tool. Detailed instructions can be found in the user manual.
• The tool can be used to evaluate multiple water supply systems and/or over time (through use of the ‘create new’ feature).
• The user can add additional questions to include in their assessments (through use of the ‘create new question’ feature).
• Summary tables and graphs based on the assessments are automatically produced.
• This tool is available in English, French Icelandic, Japanese, Lao, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese (Within the WSP QA Tool, you can select which language you would like to work in by clicking on Set Language).

Opening the tool

The tool must be saved and opened as an Excel file in order for it to work properly. The tool will not work correctly if it is opened directly from this website.

Macros

This tool contains macros which must be enabled in order for the Tool to function correctly. Therefore, when you open the tool, please enable macros when prompted. If macros are disabled, a warning note will appear on the menu page of the tool or you will receive a security warning near the top of the page. If you need assistance on enabling macros, please see the instructions within the tool or the user manual.