Protection of water quality in the distribution system forms the final barrier in the multi-barrier
approach to providing safe drinking water. The water supply community is beginning to take
more proactive steps towards protecting this barrier. Many countries that have adopted a
proactive approach have based their programs on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
(HACCP), a risk management system. The intent of HACCP is to focus system control at
critical points throughout a process, thereby preventing hazards from occurring, or reducing
hazards to an acceptable level. A utility's HACCP plan is developed by a multidisciplinary team
to identify and rank specific hazards and determine how they should be controlled. This paper
presents information on the HACCP principles and the on-going AwwaRF Project #2856 that is
evaluating HACCP applications to water distribution systems. Includes 3 references, tables, figure.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 11 |
| Published : | 11/02/2003 |
