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 Water Safety Conference 2010

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 , Kuching, Malaysia Global Progress in Implementation of Water Safety Plans

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 , Kuching, Malaysia Achieving impacts at scale to safeguard public health: WSP Quality Assurance Tool

Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia WSP Quality Assurance Tool

Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia WSP Quality Assurance Tool User Manual

Water Safety Conference November , 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 , Kuching, Malaysia WSP Quality Assurance Tool CD-ROM

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Jennifer De France An Overview of the WSP QA Tool Water Safety Conference 2010

Based on the structure and guidance in the WSP Manual Comments received from experts in all regions on all drafts of the Tool Developing the WSP QA Tool Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia

15 December Yarra Valley Water Ltd New Zealand - Dunedin City Council Uganda - NWSC, Kampala Water and Entebbe Area Portugal - Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres S.A. UK - South Staffordshire Water - Veolia Water Corporation Singapore -- Public Utilities Board South Africa - Rand Water India - Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board China - Shenzhen Merchants Water Company Japan - Tokyo Metropolitan Waterworks Oman - Public Authority for Electricity and Water Australia - Melbourne Water - Yarra Valley Water Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia Piloting of the WSP QA Tool

Organized water supplies managed by a water utility or similar entity WSP team Water supply senior management Internal assessors External assessors Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia Who is the WSP QA Tool for?

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 , Kuching, Malaysia

Tool is divided into four sections –Menu –About the Tool –Enter Assessment –Summaries Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia Structure of the WSP QA Tool

Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia Guidance and References

Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia Scoring

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 Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia Summaries of Assessments

Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia Summary Tables

Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia Summary Graphs (1)

Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia Summary Graphs (2)

Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia Next Steps Obtain user feedback Translations Consider additional features –More sophisticated analysis of results –Benchmarking –Web-based Tool

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Water Safety Conference November , Kuching, Malaysia 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