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Water Safety Plans: Kareeberg Local Municipality
Water Safety Plans: Kareeberg Local Municipality
Purpose of meeting
What is a Water Safety Plan?
Water Safety Planning Process
Contents of Water Safety Plan
Possible risks to be identified and
prioritised
Assessment of Control Measures
Improvement Plan
Purpose of meeting
Introduce the concept of Water Safety
Plans
Establish a Water Safety Team
Workshop a few known risks and risk
areas
Discuss possible roles and responsibilities
for the improvement plan
TO BE REVISED ANNUALLY
WATER SAFETY PLANNING PROCESS
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Approval of Water Safety
Plan Site visits
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Improvement Plan ITY Hazard Identification
Risk Assessment
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Contents of WSP
1. WATER SAFETY PLAN TEAM
2. SYSTEM ASSESSMENT
Description of catchment
Description of water treatment works
Raw Water Abstraction
Unit Processes
Operation and Maintenance
Legal Requirements
4. HAZARD ASSESSMENT
5. RISK ASSESSMENT
6. CONTROL MEASURES
7. IMPROVEMENT PLAN
WSP Team
Multi-disciplinary team:
Municipal Officials
Municipal Managers, Technical Division, CFO,
Customer Care
Catchment Managers
DWA, Forums, Water Users Associations, Water
Board
Water Services Providers (Water Boards)
Government Departments
DWA, Health, Env. Affairs
Public through Civil Society or NGOs
Step : Identifying hazards and
prioritizing risks
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Source of hazard
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(Hazardous event)
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Electrical power failures of raw water pumps Water shortages
Vulnerable raw water pipe lines Water shortages
Algae blooms in storage dams Odour and taste problems in treated water
Access control to water works Vandalism and possible poisoning of water supply
Condition of water treatment works Improper treatment of raw water
Microbiological contamination of treated water and
Insufficient chlorination
threat to public health
Poor operational monitoring Poor treated water quality and threat to public health
Unskilled process controllers Poor water quality and threat to public health
Poor operational procedures Poor water quality and threat to public health
Possible Hazards - Distribution
Source of hazard
Basis
(Hazardous event)
Proper Compliance monitoring Early warning system for possible water contamination
Determine effectiveness
Re-prioritise risks
Hazard Control Control
Source of hazard Existing Control
(Contamination of measure in effectiv
(Hazardous event) Measure
concern) place? e-ness
Vandalism and Proper access control
Access control to water works possible poisoning of with signing of access No 0%
water supply book
Upgrading and
Condition of water treatment Improper treatment of
maintenance of certain No 0%
works raw water
critical processes
Microbiological
Obtain break point
contamination of
Insufficient chlorination chlorination at water Yes 50 %
treated water and
works
threat to public health
Poor treated water Increase operational
Poor Operational monitoring quality and threat to monitoring to at least No 0%
public health twice a day
Training of process
Poor water quality and
Unskilled process controllers controllers to at least a No 0%
threat to public health
NQF2 level
Training of process
No 0%
controllers
Poor water quality and
Poor operational procedures Recording of
threat to public health
operational procedures No 0%
as per O&M Manual
Improper treatment of Refurbishment of
Settling tanks not functioning Yes 70 %
water process unit
Poor microbiological
No back-up disinfection feeding Install back-up feeding
water quality. Threat to No 0%
lines line
public health.
Establish Health and
Yes 50 %
Employees health and Safety Committee
Occupational Health and Safety
wellbeing Employ an Health and
No 0%
Safety Officer
Step : Implementing improvement
plans (Example of Grahamstown )
Source of hazard
(Hazardous Basis Control Measure Action Responsibility Allocated budget Time Frame
event)
Insufficient Microbiological Obtain break point chlorination at water Determine reason for not reaching break L Mashiya / R 210 000.00 Complete
chlorination contamination of treated works as well as improve contact time point chlorination G Sibanyoni
water and threat to public Implement findings of above (Makana LM)
health Refurbish or upgrading of current dosing
system
Poor operational Poor water quality and Training of process controllers Appoint service provider to train process Z Kolisi R 24,950.00 End March
procedures threat to public health controllers (Makana LM) 2012
Dr. Nywangachi
(DBSA (Funding))
B Ndibongo
(DWA - Municipal
Support)
Recording of operational procedures Recording of operational procedures as X Ndimba Not required Per Shift
per O&M Manual (Makana LM)
No back-up Poor microbiological water Install back-up feeding line Install back up feeding line G Sibanyoni Part of R 210 000.00 Completed
disinfection quality. Threat to public (Makana LM)
feeding lines health. Investigate possibility of diverting to M Stander Part of R 210 000.00 Completed
telemetrical technology (Spectrum)
Poor operational Improper treatment of raw Calibrate monitoring equipment X Ndimba Not required Per Shift
monitoring water and optimisation of (Makana LM)
Improve operational monitoring
unit processes Improve operational monitoring X Ndimba Not required Per Shift
(Makana LM)
No dual Improper chemical dosing Install dual chemical dosage feeding lines Install dual chemical dosage feeding lines L Mashiya / Budget dependant
chemical dosage and disinfection results in (Makana LM)
feeding lines poor water quality to
consumers
Conclusion
Although most responsibilities and budget
are from Technical Department, all
stakeholder players have a role to play in
implementation of WSP
Need the signatures for the approval of
the plan.
Progress on the implementation of the
improvement plan must be shown at the
Blue Drop Assessments