Development and implementation of Water Safety Plan at peri-urban village in India: A case study

Abstract

Water Safety Plan is a risk based approach to reliably deliver safe drinking water to end-client. The approach emphasizes on system assessment, identification of hazards, use of simple indicators to monitor control points and periodic verification. A WSP was developed for a peri-urban village Bhendala. This study discusses the step-by-step tasks undertaken to promote improvement in water quality, quantity and awareness among community and suggest appropriate actions required to safeguard public health from contaminated water-related risks. Be the risks identified, this study suggests there is need to give continuous assistance to the local water management team for the maintainability of the WSP.