scholarly journals Implementation of Water Safety Plans in Bangladesh: Situation and Need Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 141-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
MM Rahman ◽  
CK Paul
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Risk Category ◽  
Well Water ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Tube Well ◽  
Water Safety Plans

Water safety plans (WSPs) is a comprehensive health-based risk assessment and risk management approach to optimizing drinking-water safely from catchments to consumer. The focus of this research is the development and implementation of water safety plans (WSPs) to be used by the water supplier. The study was conducted at 13 districts and 18 upazills (rural and urban) among the whole Bangladesh. The data were collected during March to May, 2008 to conduct the study. In the study, primary data were collected directly from the respondents while secondary data were collected from different records available at different office, internet and journals. It was found that deep tube well and shallow tube well water was used for drinking purposes by 31.43% and 24.29% respondents respectively where as minority of the respondents used other sources. Perception about the safe drinking water for the respondents was found mostly 63% among all the respondents followed by moderately safe 21%. About 54.29% respondents were found to be fully satisfied about their drinking water followed by moderately satisfied 30%. Among all the beneficiaries 82.86% beneficiaries have been indicated communication materials like booklet, leaflet, poster, manuals, etc was available. This investigation found that 83.33% rain water harvesting plant and 66.67% deep tube well water source were in high risk category. The chances of contamination were high in the period of covering the water vessels during storage of water 64.71%. About 88.10% respondents among all the official respondents received the water safety plans training. About 66.67% officials have been responded that no sanitary inspection was done. Most of the respondents (78.57% beneficiaries and 76.19% organizational personnel) had high perception about the selected benefits of water safety plans. Among all the officials and beneficiaries i.e. 66.67% organizational personnel and 75.71% beneficiaries had high perception in selected limitations to implement the water safety plans. Finally 95.24% organizational personnel and 81.43% beneficiaries had high perception about the selected necessities to successful implementation of water safety plans in Bangladesh. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsf.v9i1-2.14657 J. Sci. Foundation, 9(1&2): 141-161, June-December 2011

scholarly journals Context and Prospect of Water Safety Plans in Bangladesh

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
MN Amin ◽  
CK Paul ◽  
A Parvez ◽  
MAI Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Risk Category ◽  
Well Water ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Tube Well ◽  
Water Safety Plans

Study results showed that deep tube well and shallow tube well water were used for drinking purposes by 31.43% and 24.29% respondents respectively where as minority of the respondents use other sources. Perception about the safe drinking water for the respondents was found mostly 63% among all the respondents followed by moderately safe 21%. About 54.29% respondents were found to be fully satisfied about their drinking water followed by moderately satisfied 30%. Among all the beneficiaries, 82.86% beneficiaries indicated communication materials like booklet, leaflet, poster, manuals, etc were available. This investigation found 83.33% rain water harvesting plant was in high risk where as, 66.67% deep tube well water source was in high risk category. The chances of contamination were high in the period of covering the water vessels during storage of water was 64.71%. About 89% respondents among all the official respondents did not receive the water safety plans training. About 66.67% officials responded that no sanitary inspection was done. Most of the respondents (78.57% beneficiaries and 76.19% organizational personnel) had high perception about the selected benefits of water safety plans. Among all the officials and beneficiaries that 75.71% beneficiary and 66.67% organizational personnel had high perception in selected limitations to implement the water safety plans. Finally 95.24% organizational personnel and 81.43% beneficiaries had high perception about the selected necessities to successful implementation of water safety plans in Bangladesh.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v4i2.10136J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 4(2): 61-71, 2011  

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.

Drinking water safety plans: barriers and bridges for small systems in Alberta, Canada

Water Policy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1140-1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Perrier ◽  
Megan Kot ◽  
Heather Castleden ◽  
Graham A. Gagnon
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Water Supplies ◽  
Small Communities ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Drinking Water Safety ◽  
Water Safety Plans

Water safety plans provide a relatively new management approach for identifying and addressing risks in a water supply. In 2011, the province of Alberta (Canada) became the first jurisdiction in North America to require that all water supplies develop drinking water safety plans (DWSPs). This research explored the implementation of DWSPs through the experiences of ‘early adopter’ operators who work in small communities. Specifically, in-person open-ended qualitative interviews with operators from 15 small communities from across Alberta were conducted to explore implementation challenges and opportunities. The findings highlight a number of barriers associated with the relationships between decision-making bodies, regulatory authorities and water operators, all of which have the potential to support or hinder the uptake of a DWSP. Findings also indicate that a DWSP can act as a bridge, providing a much-needed tool to facilitate communication about water supplies and help to support and manage relationships between stakeholders. This study revealed a number of important and useful insights to the small community early DWSP adopter experience in Canada that could be applied in other jurisdictions looking to adopt similar practices.

scholarly journals A Critical Evaluation of Water Safety Plans (WSPs) and HACCP Implementation in Water Utilities

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dionysios S. Tsoukalas ◽  
Stavroula Tsitsifli
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Critical Control Points ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Water Safety Plans ◽  
Safety Of Drinking Water

The use of traditional risk management systems has proven to be insufficient to safeguard the safety of drinking water. Nowadays, it is preferable to apply preventive instead of corrective systems. Two of the most commonly used systems are the Hazard Assessment and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and the Water Safety Plans (WSPs). The major benefit of their implementation is the improvement of drinking water quality. Of course, the successful implementation of HACCP and WSPs in water utilities can be limited by a number of factors such as the lack of financial resources. However, the importance of implementation’s difficulties is minimal in relation to the benefits that may result from the application of HACCP and WSPs in water utilities.

Icelandic experience with water safety plans

2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Gunnarsdóttir ◽  
S. M. Gardarsson ◽  
J. Bartram
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Hazard Analysis ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Intensive Training ◽  
Critical Control Points ◽  
Water Safety Plans

The aim of this study was to investigate accumulated experience with water safety plans in one of the first countries to adopt systematic preventive management for drinking-water safety. Water utilities in Iceland have had a legal obligation since 1995 to implement a systematic preventive approach to secure safety of drinking water and protect public health. The water utilities responded by implementing either an adapted HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) model for larger water utilities or a simpler five step model for smaller water utilities. The research was carried out at 16 water utilities that serve about two-thirds of the population of Iceland. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used with the aim of analysing if and what benefits water safety plans bring for water utilities and what is needed for successful implementation and operation of such systems. The results of the study show that numerous benefits and even the process of going through the implementing process were considered to be of advantage and change the attitude of the staff and the utility culture. Some obstacles and shortcomings came to light, such as lack of documentation and lack of regular internal and external audit. There was little communication with the public, although some mentioned that good public relations are important to succeed with water safety plans. Many important elements of success were revealed of which intensive training of staff and participation of staff in the whole process are deemed the most important. It is also important to have simple and well-structured guidelines, and good cooperation with the health authorities.

scholarly journals Water safety plans: planning for adverse events and communicating with consumers

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Byleveld ◽  
Daniel Deere ◽  
Annette Davison
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
International Consensus ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Water Safety Plans

A wide range of microbial and chemical characteristics in drinking water have the potential to affect human health. However, it is not possible or practical to test drinking water for all potentially harmful characteristics. If drinking water is contaminated, people may already be exposed by the time test results are available. The ‘boil water alert’ issued in Sydney, Australia in 1998 following the detection of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in the finished water supply, highlighted the uncertainties associated with the public health response to test results. The Sydney experience supports the international consensus that a preventive risk-management approach to the supply of drinking water (manifesting as water safety plans (WSPs)) is the most reliable way to protect public health. A key component of a comprehensive WSP is that water suppliers and health authorities must have plans to respond in the case of water contamination and/or outbreaks. These plans must include clear guidance on when to issue warnings to consumers, and how these warnings are to be communicated. The pressure on health authorities to develop clear and systematic boil-water guidance will increase as utilities all over the world develop their WSPs.

scholarly journals KANDUNGAN KALSIUM PADA AIR SUMUR YANG DIKONSUMSI PARA PENDERITA PENYAKIT BATU GINJAL DI KECAMATAN RATATOTOK KABUPATEN MINAHASA TENGGARA

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksfriani J. Sumampouw
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Kidney Stones ◽  
Kidney Stone ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Calcium Content ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Well Water ◽  
American Population ◽  
Lime Stone

Abstract: Kidney stones affect 12% of the American population. Fifty percent (50%) of people treated for kidney stones will have recurrences within 10 years. Calcium oxalate accounts for 90% of the kidney stone incidences. The soil structure of the Ratatotok area contains a lot of lime stone; therefore, the calcium content of well water there is estimated to be high. In fact many people in the South-East Minahasa region, particularly the Ratatotok District, use well water as a drinking water supply; therefore, they have a tendency to get kidney stones. This is an analytical explorative research using 25 respondents and the well water in Ratatotok. We used a descriptive exploratory method. In this research there were primary and secondary data. The primary data, the calcium content, were taken with a purposive method from the 25 wells used by the 25 kidney stone patients. The secondary data were taken from the 25 patients’ questionnaires. The calcium content was analyzed in a laboratory by using a spectrophotometer. Respondents’ characteristics were analyzed descriptively by using the SPSS version 16.0 for data counting. This research reported that 1) the majority of kidney stone patients in Ratatotok, South East Minahasa were male of 45-54 years old with an average age of 49.64 years, 2) all of the calcium contents of the well water consumed by the kidney stone patients at Ratatotok, South East Minahasa were higher than the maximum standard (10 ppm). The conclusion of this research was that the well water consumed by the kidney stone patients in the Ratatotok District, South East Minahasa had a higher level of calcium than the maximum standard for it. Key words: Ratatotok, calcium content, well water, kidney stone. Abstrak: Batu ginjal terjadi pada 12% masyarakat Amerika. Lima puluh persen (50%) dari penderita batu ginjal yang telah memperoleh pengobatan akan kembali mengalaminya dalam 10 tahun. Kalsium oksalat merupakan 90% penyebab insiden batu ginjal. Struktur tanah daerah Ratatotok banyak mengandung batu gamping atau kapur sehingga diperkirakan kandungan kapur dalam air sumur cukup tinggi. Masyarakat di Kecamatan Ratatotok Kabupaten Minahasa Tenggara banyak menggunakan air sumur sebagai sumber air minum sehingga berpeluang menderita batu ginjal. Metodologi yang digunakan ialah deskriptif eksploratif. Data yang diperoleh merupakan data primer dan sekunder. Data primer yaitu kadar kalsium diambil secara purposive pada 25 sumur yang digunakan oleh penderita batu ginjal dan data sekunder diperoleh dari 25 penderita batu ginjal yang telah didiagnosis menggunakan kuesioner. Kadar kalsium diukur menggunakan spektro-fotometer. Karakteristik responden diolah menggunakan SPSS versi 16.0. Dari penelitian ini diperoleh bahwa: 1) penderita batu ginjal di Ratatotok Minahasa Tenggara paling banyak berjenis kelamin laki-laki berumur 45-54 tahun dengan rata-rata umur 49,64 tahun, 2) Kandungan kalsium air sumur yang dikonsumsi oleh para penderita batu ginjal sudah berada di atas standar kualitas air minum. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini yaitu air sumur yang dikonsumsi para penderita batu ginjal di Kecamatan Ratatotok Kabupaten Minahasa Tenggara mempunyai kadar kalsium di atas standar kualitas air minum. Kata Kunci: Ratatotok, kandungan kalsium, air sumur, batu ginjal.

Keeping drinking water safe: Adopting water safety plans in rural Nepal

Waterlines ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nam Raj Khatri ◽  
Han Heijnen
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Water Safety Plans ◽  
Rural Nepal

Implementation of Alberta's drinking water safety plans

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. C. Reid ◽  
K. Abramowski ◽  
A. Beier ◽  
A. Janzen ◽  
D. Lok ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Effective Action ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Biological Parameters ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Drinking Water Safety ◽  
Regulatory Approach ◽  
Water Safety Plans ◽  
Safety Of Drinking Water

Traditionally, the regulatory approach to maintaining the quality and safety of drinking water has largely been a prescriptive one based on the ability of any given supply to meet standards set for a number of different chemical and biological parameters. There are a number of issues around the assumptions and the limitations of a sampling and analysis regime. The basis for such regimes is essentially reactive rather than proactive and, consequently, the cause of the concern may already have impacted consumers before any effective action can be taken. Environment and Sustainable Resource Development has developed a template for recording drinking water safety plans together with guidance notes to help complete them. The template has been developed in MS-Excel and has been designed in a straightforward step-wise manner with guidance on the completion of each sheet. It includes four main risk tables covering each main element of water supply which are pre-populated with commonly found ‘generic’ risks and these are carefully assessed before considering what action is required to deal with significant risks. Following completion of the risk tables, key risks are identified and the interventions required to bring them into control.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document