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Water Safety Conference 2010. Paul Reiter, Bruce Gordon and Jamie Bartram. Launch of the WSP Quality Assurance Tool A new tool to support development, implementation and assessment of WSPs. Global Progress in Implementation of Water Safety Plans.
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Water Safety Conference 2010 Paul Reiter, Bruce Gordon and Jamie Bartram Launch of the WSP Quality Assurance Tool A new tool to support development, implementation and assessment of WSPs
Global Progress in Implementation of Water Safety Plans • WSPs are widely accepted as international best practice based on GDWQ and Bonn Charter • WSP implementation is growing dramatically • Progressive incorporation of WSP approaches in country policies and regulations • Growing number of resources and tools to support Water Safety Planning Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
Achieving impacts at scale to safeguard public health: WSP Quality Assurance Tool Scale – Provides a means to increase number of WSPs implemented • Ensures minimum requirements are met Impact – Provides a means to continuously increase effectiveness of WSP implementation • Highlights where progress has been made and where improvements needed • Prevents complacency Safeguard public health – Provides a means to consistently verify compliance with WSPs Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
WSP Quality Assurance Tool Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
WSP Quality Assurance Tool User Manual Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
Implications for the Future • Water safety due diligence in place • Increased prevention of incidents and outbreaks • Increased stakeholder engagement and consumer confidence • Benchmarking to drive improved performance • Implications for global water quality monitoring Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
WSP Quality Assurance Tool CD-ROM Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
Water Safety Conference 2010
Water Safety Conference 2010 Jennifer De France An Overview of the WSP QA Tool
Developing the WSP QA Tool • Based on the structure and guidance in the WSP Manual • Comments received from experts in all regions on all drafts of the Tool Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
Piloting of the WSP QA Tool • UK • South Staffordshire Water - Veolia Water Corporation • Oman • Public Authority for Electricity and Water • China • Shenzhen Merchants Water Company • Portugal • Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres S.A. • Japan • Tokyo Metropolitan Waterworks Uganda - NWSC, Kampala Water and Entebbe Area • Singapore • - Public Utilities Board • Australia • Melbourne Water • Yarra Valley Water • South Africa • Rand Water • India • Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board • New Zealand • Dunedin City Council Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia Yarra Valley Water Ltd 26 August 2014 11
Organized water supplies managed by a water utility or similar entity WSP team Water supply senior management Internal assessors External assessors Who is the WSP QA Tool for? Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
From starting out on the WSP approach to full and continuing implementation Use should be dictated by pace of WSP implementation Guide and assess implementation Challenge complacency When should the WSP QA Tool be Used? Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
Tool is divided into four sections Menu About the Tool Enter Assessment Summaries Structure of the WSP QA Tool Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
Guidance and References Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
Scoring Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
Reports provide the water supplier ‘at a glance’ synthesis from the information entered into the assessment portion of the Tool Reports can compare performance between different steps in WSPs between different system components between different water supply systems over time Summaries of Assessments Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
Summary Tables Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
Summary Graphs (1) Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
Summary Graphs (2) Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
Next Steps • Obtain user feedback • Translations • Consider additional features • More sophisticated analysis of results • Benchmarking • Web-based Tool Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
Water Safety Conference 2010
WSP QA Tool Panel Discussion • Asoka Jayaratne • Yarra Valley Water, Australia • Christopher Kanyesigye • National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Uganda • Joselito Riego De Dios • Department of Health, Philippines Water Safety Conference November 2-4 2010, Kuching, Malaysia