Water safety plans at EPAL's water supply system-tool to prioritize investments and mitigation actions

Carneiro, Rui Neves; Damião, S.; Benoliel, Maria João

doi:10.2166/ws.2015.070

Cited by 5 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 2 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…According to Vieira (2011), a WSP for Human Consumption, as recommended by the GDWQ, is a document that identifies and prioritizes risks that could occur in supply systems, from the raw water source to the consumer's tap (see also Carneiro et al, 2015). The WSP also establishes control measures to reduce or eliminate problems and designs processes to verify the efficiency of the operation of control systems and the quality of the water produced.…”

Section: Risk Management and Water Safety Plansmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water Safety Plans -The case of Portugal

Ajlouni¹

2021

jaset

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Water supply is a structural and irreplaceable service, essential to promote public health, to pursue economic activities, and crucial for environmental conservation, reflecting the population’s quality of life and the status of sustainable development. In this context, it is imperative to assure the continuous improvement of all processes and practices conducive to guarantee water quality. Water Safety Plans (WSP) are an important public policy tool to accomplish these goals. This manuscript reviews the international evidence of the adoption and implementation of WSP and reports the current situation in Jordan, 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 components in developing and implementing WSP: commitment, technical knowledge, governance, and interagency collaboration. © 2018. JASET, International Scholars and Researchers Association

show abstract

Section: Risk Management and Water Safety Plansmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water Safety Plans -The case of Portugal

Ajlouni¹

2021

jaset

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…According to Vieira (2011), a WSP for human consumption, as recommended by the GDWQ, is a document that identifies and prioritizes risks that could occur in supply systems, from the raw water source to the consumer's tap (see also Carneiro et al 2015). The WSP also establishes control measures to reduce or eliminate problems and designs processes to verify the efficiency of the operation of control systems and the quality of the water produced.…”

Section: About Water Safety Plansmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water Safety Plans and Climate Change Mitigation

Roeger

Tavares

2020

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Quality water at affordable prices for all is a key condition for the promotion of public health, environmental sustainability, and quality and safety of life. In a context of growing external uncertainties arising from changes in the climate and the environment, ensuring these conditions is an upward concern and is of utmost relevance to increase scientific research on the impacts of climate change on water quality modification and in minimization/mitigation strategies. Scientific data already shows that morbidity and mortality are directly related to climate change effects, as changes in the timing and intensity of rainfall directly affect the quantity and quality of water resources for different users, with water quality for human consumption being severely affected. The impact of climate change on water quality places additional pressure on water utilities' capacity to sustain water service provision and the economic viability and cost-effectiveness of treatment and distribution. For that matter, there is a growing sense of urgency for utilities to build resilience towards weather extremes as an integral part of a water supply management, implementing adequate technology or practice to assess and address risks of extreme events (IWA 2019). Adaptive changes are, therefore, already in course, with some expected to be compulsory, namely legal requirements for water quality parameters, the adjustment of treatment processes, and, most important, the implementation of new approaches, explicitly risk assessment strategies. Water safety plans (WSPs) are regarded as part of the solution, contributing to minimize climate change impacts on water utilities services and, inherently, on water quality. This article presents WSPs as an important and strategic tool linked to public policies in the water supply sector.

show abstract

“…Chemical instability of tap water contributes to the secondary contamination of water. In such situation water supplied to customers can meet the requirements of the standard, but it is of lower quality than water fl owing into the water supply network (Carneiro et al 2015, Ferrandez-Gamot et al 2015, Kutylowska and Orlowska-Szostak 2016. The main reason for the lack of chemical stability is water aggressiveness and corrosiveness, the intensity of which depends on the water chemistry and the method of its purifi cation (Kiedryńska et al 2006, Ondrejka-Harbulakova et al 2015.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of chemical stability of tap water in terms of required level of technological safety

Pietrucha-Urbanik

Tchórzewska-Cieślak

Papciak

et al. 2017

Archives of Environmental Protection

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract:The main goal of this work is to show the new approach to determining safety technological levels (SLs) in terms of water quality and its chemical stability, as well as issues of water corrosion properties in water distribution systems (WDSs), due to the fact that water supply pipes are prone to corrosion. In the paper the methodology of determining the risk associated with threat to technical infrastructure was considered. The concept was studied on the basis of real operational data from the water treatment plant. The probability of exceeding the individual parameters for WTPI is slightly larger than for WTPII, which means that this water treatment process may cause lack of chemical stability in the water supply network. Operators should anticipate in the process of designing water distribution system, using proper materials, as to ensure an adequate level of safety from the water source to the water recipient. It should be noted that it is necessary to adjust the material of internal installation of water supply networks to the parameters of the water. At present, there are no correlations between the designing step and water parameters. It was concluded that to protect the water supply infrastructure, which belongs to critical infrastructure, water company should put more emphasis on distribution of stable water that has not potentially corrosion properties. Some suggestions were made for the protection of WDS and to ensure safety of system functioning and long-term usability of water pipes.

show abstract

Water safety plans at EPAL's water supply system-tool to prioritize investments and mitigation actions

Cited by 5 publications

References 2 publications

Water Safety Plans -The case of Portugal

Water Safety Plans -The case of Portugal

Water Safety Plans and Climate Change Mitigation

Analysis of chemical stability of tap water in terms of required level of technological safety

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About