Assessing Drinking Water Quality and Water Safety Management in Sub-Saharan Africa Using Regulated Monitoring Data

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (20) ◽  
pp. 10869-10876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Kumpel ◽  
Rachel Peletz ◽  
Mateyo Bonham ◽  
Ranjiv Khush
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Drinking Water Quality ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Monitoring Data ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals How Much Will It Cost To Monitor Microbial Drinking Water Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa?

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (11) ◽  
pp. 5869-5878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Delaire ◽  
Rachel Peletz ◽  
Emily Kumpel ◽  
Joyce Kisiangani ◽  
Robert Bain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Drinking Water Quality ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals Implementation and evaluation of the water safety plan approach for buildings

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 870-883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Schmidt ◽  
Bettina Rickert ◽  
Oliver Schmoll ◽  
Thomas Rapp
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Drinking Water Quality ◽  
World Health ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Drinking Water Safety ◽  
Premise Plumbing

Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes water safety plans (WSPs) – a risk-based management approach – for premise plumbing systems in buildings to prevent deterioration of drinking-water quality. Experience with the implementation of WSPs in buildings were gathered within a pilot project in Germany. The project included an evaluation of the feasibility and advantages of WSPs by all stakeholders who share responsibility in drinking-water safety. While the feasibility of the concept was demonstrated for all buildings, benefits reported by building operators varied. The more technical standards were complied with before implementing WSP, the less pronounced were the resulting improvements. In most cases, WSPs yielded an increased system knowledge and awareness for drinking-water quality issues. WSPs also led to improved operation of the premise plumbing system and provided benefits for surveillance authorities. A survey among the European Network of Drinking-Water Regulators on the existing legal framework regarding drinking-water safety in buildings exhibited that countries are aware of the need to manage risks in buildings' installations, but experience with WSP is rare. Based on the successful implementation and the positive effects of WSPs on drinking-water quality, we recommend the establishment of legal frameworks that require WSPs for priority buildings whilst accounting for differing conditions in buildings and countries.

scholarly journals Application of a risk management system to improve drinking water safety

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asoka Jayaratne
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Control Point ◽  
Drinking Water Quality ◽  
Iso 9001 ◽  
World Health ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Critical Control Point

The use of a comprehensive risk management framework is considered a very effective means of managing water quality risks. There are many risk-based systems available to water utilities such as ISO 9001 and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP). In 2004, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality recommended the use of preventive risk management approaches to manage water quality risks. This paper describes the framework adopted by Yarra Valley Water for the development of its Drinking Water Quality Risk Management Plan incorporating HACCP and ISO 9001 systems and demonstrates benefits of Water Safety Plans such as HACCP.

scholarly journals A Study of Public Safety Engineering Projects for the Improvement of Drinking Water Quality in Northwestern China — an Example from Shanshan County, Xinjiang

10.29007/ngkj ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiwei Shao ◽  
Jiahong Liu ◽  
Denghua Yan ◽  
Haixing Zhang ◽  
Zhaohui Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Project Management ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Drinking Water Quality ◽  
Northwestern China ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Water Projects

Using Shanshan County as the research focus, this study investigates drinking water safety in northwestern China and proposes measures for improving the efficiency of clean water projects targeting drinking water quality in the region. As new technologies such as the Internet and the Internet of things gain wider usage, urban and rural safe drinking water projects should focus on equipping projects, modularizing the equipment, improving project management using internetization, and developing intellectualization for increased Internet dependence. This study proposes modularization of the equipment for clean water projects for centralized and decentralized water supply programs. For management of such projects, this research proposes internetization in project management as well as intellectualization of construction, including establishment of management facilities, automation of water plant operations, intelligent control of clean water operations, and online intelligent water monitoring. This study integrates various information resources and investigates the implementation of intellectualized management of water treatment facilities through scientific advances and evaluates the potential of these approaches for increasing the quality of public service.

scholarly journals Awareness, adoption and implementation of the water safety plan methodology: insights from five Latin American and Caribbean experiences

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 541-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Hubbard ◽  
Richard Gelting ◽  
Maria del Carmen Portillo ◽  
Tom Williams ◽  
Ricardo Torres
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Drinking Water Quality ◽  
World Health ◽  
Who Guidelines ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Safety Plan ◽  
Water Safety Plan

Considerable effort has been made worldwide to disseminate information and provide technical assistance to encourage the adoption and implementation of the water safety plan (WSP) methodology. Described since the third edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality, a WSP provides guidance for water utilities to ensure the delivery of safe drinking water and protect health. Attention is now being given to understand the success of efforts to advance adoption of the WSP methodology in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. More specifically, there is interest in knowing how early adopters developed strategies to implement the WSP methodology and what challenges exist for further implementation. To better understand adoption and implementation trends, key informants from five LAC countries were interviewed and case studies were developed to reveal the diversity of WSP approaches applied in the region. Results indicate that WSP implementation is more widespread than previously reported. Respondents affirmed that the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality are routinely used as a model for country-level drinking-water regulations, which has led to uptake of the WSP methodology. Interview respondents also revealed innovative national strategic approaches for WSP implementation.

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