Open AccessApplication of a risk management system to improve drinking water safety
Author(s) -
Asoka Jayaratne
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of water and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1996-7829
pISSN - 1477-8920
DOI - 10.2166/wh.2008.061
Subject(s) - risk management , water quality , risk analysis (engineering) , business , risk assessment , critical control point , hazard , hazard analysis , water safety , quality (philosophy) , risk management framework , plan (archaeology) , management system , environmental planning , environmental resource management , it risk management , operations management , environmental science , computer science , engineering , computer security , geography , philosophy , aerospace engineering , ecology , chemistry , biology , epistemology , organic chemistry , finance , archaeology
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.
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