Sudan: Water Safety Planning

Introduction to the Course:

Water Safety Plans are a risk based approach to better protecting the quality of public drinking water. The WHO’s 4^th edition of Guidelines on Drinking Water Quality (WHO, 2011) explicitly states the importance of Water Safety Plans and The Bonn Charter (IWA, 2004) advocates the use of Water Safety Plans as the best way of ensuring good, safe drinking water.

Water Safety Plans are now being adopted worldwide, but they are not always fully understood by all stakeholders. Face to face training is therefore considered to be an essential component of globally successful WSP implementation

Why implement a Water Safety Plan?

A water supply provider can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations by using the framework of a water safety plan to deliver safe water in adequate quantities to consumers Using a comprehensive risk assessment and risk management approach that

Course Objectives

The purpose of the course is to enable participants to return to their utility/ communities and lead the process of developing and applying a WSP. By the end of the course, participants will be able to identify the scope and requirements of a water safety plan, understand how to set up a program, and know how to manage a team to develop a WSP which is feasible to implement within the constraints and specificities of their water supply system. In doing so, the participant will also learn how a WSP can safeguard customers, optimize operations and positively impact the environment.

Specific Outcomes of this Course

► Water Safety Planning as a tool to ensuring Water Quality Compliance in the Public Health Context is prompted and adopted.

► Participants are familiar with all aspects of a WSP, has identified and compiled major components of the WSP and is committed to take it further within their utility.

► An outline WSP is available from the course identifying key issues of the WSP and areas that need further development.

► Participants are able to justify the need for a WSP to their utility management. A process is established within the utility to develop a full WSP relevant to the size and complexity of that utility.

► Post course follow‐up tracks the development of the WSP and supports peer to peer exchange of progress and challenges in development and implementation of the WSP.

Course contents

Training Methodology

· Didactic presentations

· Small group exercises

· Case study examples and a field visit

· Small group and large group feedback –

· Energiser and review activities

· Resources

Target Participants

• The training is aimed at all individuals involved in the management of drinking water quality, including management, operational staff of water supply systems, especially health and drinking-water/sanitation officers;
• Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) supporting community drinking-water supply activities;
• Officers from Ministry of Health, Environmental regulators and government agencies.

Training Materials : The participants will be given the presentation slides and the case studies in CD form.

Course Accreditation: An individual Certificate from IDCTCB of completing the training Course.

Resource persons

The course will be provided by experienced national and international trainers of high level, with an intimate knowledge of both local technical issues and international standards.

Pre‐**reading and other Requirements**

All participants will have received and read this required material before attending the course:

► Guidelines for drinking water quality (2004); Chapter 4 ‐ Water Safety Plans. World Health Organization, Geneva Volume 1 Recommendations.

► Water Safety Plan Manual. WHO, IWA, 2009.

English:

http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publication_9789241562638/en/index.html

Arabic: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9879290216995_ara.pdf

participants are requested to collect specific information and conduct the following tasks in preparation for the course:

► Be familiar with the catchment, water abstraction, water treatment and water distribution systems for the respective service and WSP areas of their utility.

► Be able to describe the water supply system in their utility.

► Consult with key staff and stakeholders to identify risks in the system and service delivery issues and what is already in place to reduce the risks and address the delivery issues.

Course fees

The course fee is 3500 SDG or 350$ which covers tuition, training file and materials, a field visit and certificate of participation. Register early to book your place in the training.

Accommodationfees: optional at 200SDG/person/Day/20 USD/person/Day

Download the attached Application form or contact us on training@sudanwater.org

Tel: +249123955412/+249915508100

Applications should be sent to training@sudanwater.org by the 3rd of April 2016