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Andrews Peers Bonn Charter
Andrews Peers Bonn Charter
Andrews Peers Bonn Charter
Presentation Structure
The Bonn Charter
What is it?
Links with WHO Guidelines
The important principles
Features of the new WHO Guidelines
Water quality management plans (WQMPs)
and their application
Extending involvement in and knowledge of
the Charter worldwide
IWA Congress, Marrakech, Sept 2004
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The Bonn Charter
Bonn Workshop 1 Oct 2001
Bonn Workshop 2 IWA Feb 2004
Experienced regulators and water utility quality
managers the output is the Charter
The Charter: a set of fundamental principles
that can be applied worldwide for the supply
of safe drinking water
Available now as a draft document
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Who is the Charter For?
All those collectively contributing to the
provision of a water supply system from
catchment to consumer
In conjunction with the other
stakeholders water suppliers are pivotal
to the success of water quality
management plans
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Key Principles
Need for an integrated approach
Close co-operation between all in the supply
chain
Transparency vital for consumer confidence
Drinking water quality standards, at
consumers taps, will depend upon local
circumstances, but
Should cover both safety and acceptability
Need for clarity of responsibilities for each
part of supply chain
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The Goal
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The Bonn Framework
Water
Treatment Distribution Consumer
resources
system system
& sources
responsibilities
Knowledge
Roles and
sharing
Verification of drinking water quality
The goal :
Good safe drinking water which has
the trust of consumers
International guidance
WHO
Guidelines
Local laws/policies/institutions/procedures
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Legitimacy
Bonn
Charter
International guidance
WHO
Guidelines
Formal adoption by
All those contributing to the provision leadership
of a water supply system organisations in each
country
Local laws/policies/institutions/procedures 11
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WHO Guidelines (cont)
The Guidelines include:
a drinking-water safety framework
a quality management approach for drinking-water
systems from catchment to tap
assessment of the health risk presented by
- microorganisms
- chemicals
- radiological
Control of microbial contamination must
always be of paramount importance and must
never be compromised.
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Water Quality Management
Plans
Team covering source/resource to tap
Identify hazards
Assess and rank risks
Review critical control measures
Validate results of study and establish WQMPs
Establish required improvement plans
Implement WQMPs
Monitor operation of WQMPs
Verify results through sampling and analysis
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Risk Assessment
One approach is to use HACCP
used in food industry
it is a highly disciplined approach
but can result in a lot of documentation
important that the management process
doesnt assume greater importance than
the water process controls
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Risk Assessment (cont)
The Bonn Charter Group stressed
the importance of identifying the most
important risks
assessing the effectiveness of current
controls
improving the controls where necessary
having operational methods of monitoring
that the controls are working
having reaction plans if there are failures
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Assessment of Controls
Having identified and ranked the risks
What controls are in place?
Are they adequate?
Are they monitored effectively
For example
Faecal contamination may be a high risk due to
the likelihood of frequent occurrence and serious
consequences
Are disinfection measures continuously adequate?
Is monitoring sufficient to identify any failures in
disinfection?
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Standards and Analysis
So can we close down our laboratories?
No, sampling, analysis, audit and inspection
still have an important place
Standards are still required to establish the
specification of safe water
Still necessary to check the quality of water
delivered to the tap
Consumer confidence is dependent on that
verification
However, the verification process can be
simplified
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The Charter Worldwide
The Charter was developed by a relatively
small group of people
However, the principles are considered to be
applicable universally
Seminars are planned across the world
WHO and IWA together are planning a series
of workshops across China
Potentially large impact on the safety of
drinking water and thus health
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The Launch
The Bonn Charter and the new WHO
Guidelines are complementary
They will continue to be developed together
So they are being launched together at the
IWA Congress in Marrakech in September
The aim is to give awareness of their
importance to governments, regulators and
water utility personnel
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