ELABORAREA METODOLOGIEI DE ÎNTOCMIRE A UNUI PLAN DE SIGURANȚĂ AL APEI ŞI EVALUAREA RISCURILOR PENTRU SĂNĂTATE PENTRU UN SISTEM PUBLIC DE ALIMENTARE CU APĂ
ELABORATION OF THE WATER SAFETY PLAN METHODOLOGY AND HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT FOR A PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM

Summary/Abstract: Water Safety Plans (WSP) are based on a comprehensive risk assessment and risk management approach to all the steps in a water supply chain from catchment to consumer. This was initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO), who prepared a generic guidance for the preparation of WSPs in conjunction with the International Water Association (IWA). A water safety plan is a means of assuring the supply of safe and acceptable water at all times in order to protect public health. WSPs are based on the identification of the hazards to drinking water quality from the source, treatment, the distribution system and consumer premises, ensuring that appropriate barriers or management procedures are in place to mitigate the identified hazards and risks and to ensure that the barriers are working properly at all times. The barriers should be developed to minimise contamination of source waters, water treatment and to ensure the integrity of distribution system and even in the consumers’ premises the appropriate plumbing is installed. Each water supply chain is different and the WSP is developed to take into account the specific requirements of the supply, irrespective of their size or complexity. A WSP is essentially a framework of hazard identification, risk assessment, risk management together with control measures, monitoring, incident & emergency plans and the associated documentation for each stage in the water supply chain. A WSP should be developed specifically for each system and can vary in complexity, depending on the water supply chain. According with the institutions sharing the responsibility in Romania, at least the following stakeholders should be involved: the administrator of water resource, which is the Romanian Administration “Apele Romane”, under the authority of the Ministry of the Environment, the Water Producers/ Suppliers, under the authority of the Ministry of Administration and Interior, and the County Directorates of Public Health, in charge with audit monitoring and sanitary inspection, under the authority of the Ministry of Health.

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