paul reiter, bruce gordon and jamie bartram launch of the wsp quality assurance tool a new tool to...
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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
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• 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
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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
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Achieving impacts at scale to safeguard public health: WSP Quality Assurance Tool
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WSP Quality Assurance Tool
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WSP Quality Assurance Tool User Manual
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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
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WSP Quality Assurance Tool CD-ROM
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An Overview of the WSP QA Tool
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• 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
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21 April 2023 11Yarra 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
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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
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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?
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• Tool is divided into four sections
– Menu
– About the Tool
– Enter Assessment
– Summaries
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Structure of the WSP QA Tool
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Guidance and References
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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
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Summaries of Assessments
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Summary Tables
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Summary Graphs (1)
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Summary Graphs (2)
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Next Steps
• Obtain user feedback
• Translations
• Consider additional features
– More sophisticated analysis of results
– Benchmarking
– Web-based Tool
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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