Water safety plans by utilities: a review of research on implementation

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Autor(a) principal: Roeger, Alexandra
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Tavares, António F.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/75015
Resumo: Water supply is essential to public health, quality of life, environmental protection, economic activity, and sustainable development. In this context, it is imperative to assure the continuous improvement of all processes and practices conducive to guarantee water quality and safety. Water Safety Plans (WSPs) by water utilities are an important public policy tool to accomplish these goals. This manuscript reviews the international evidence of the adoption and implementation of water safety planning and reports the current situation in Portugal, as part of the necessary adjustment of the national legal framework to the publication of the Directive (EU) 2015/1787, October 6th, on water quality for human consumption. The aim is to draw lessons from several successful WSP experiments around the world and extract lessons from these cases when drafting new legislation in Portugal and elsewhere. Findings suggest there are four critical dimensions and key elements of success in developing and implementing WSPs: leadership commitment, technical knowledge, governance, and interagency collaboration.
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title Water safety plans by utilities: a review of research on implementation
spellingShingle Water safety plans by utilities: a review of research on implementation
Roeger, Alexandra
Drinking Water Quality
Risk assessment
Water safety plans
Water utilities
Science & Technology
title_short Water safety plans by utilities: a review of research on implementation
title_full Water safety plans by utilities: a review of research on implementation
title_fullStr Water safety plans by utilities: a review of research on implementation
title_full_unstemmed Water safety plans by utilities: a review of research on implementation
title_sort Water safety plans by utilities: a review of research on implementation
author Roeger, Alexandra
author_facet Roeger, Alexandra
Tavares, António F.
author_role author
author2 Tavares, António F.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Roeger, Alexandra
Tavares, António F.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Drinking Water Quality
Risk assessment
Water safety plans
Water utilities
Science & Technology
topic Drinking Water Quality
Risk assessment
Water safety plans
Water utilities
Science & Technology
description Water supply is essential to public health, quality of life, environmental protection, economic activity, and sustainable development. In this context, it is imperative to assure the continuous improvement of all processes and practices conducive to guarantee water quality and safety. Water Safety Plans (WSPs) by water utilities are an important public policy tool to accomplish these goals. This manuscript reviews the international evidence of the adoption and implementation of water safety planning and reports the current situation in Portugal, as part of the necessary adjustment of the national legal framework to the publication of the Directive (EU) 2015/1787, October 6th, on water quality for human consumption. The aim is to draw lessons from several successful WSP experiments around the world and extract lessons from these cases when drafting new legislation in Portugal and elsewhere. Findings suggest there are four critical dimensions and key elements of success in developing and implementing WSPs: leadership commitment, technical knowledge, governance, and interagency collaboration.
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