Source Water Risk Management Plan Development

Source Water Risk Management Plans are a regulatory requirement under the Water Services Act 2021.

The Source Water Risk Management Plan is a fundamental document intended to align with a water suppliers Drinking Water Safety Plan (DWSP). It is the starting point for the Drinking Water Safety Plan risk tables and fed in some cases by the Cyanobacterial Risk Assessment.

Gaining an understanding of hazards and risks present in the supply’s Source Water is an important step in the delivery of safe Drinking Water, taking a source to tap approach.

This risk assessment process identifies the hazards and risks posed to the source water and outlines the preventive measures to mitigate the risks posed to source water prior to treatment at the water treatment plant.

Wai Comply’s approach to source water risk management planning:

• Understand the catchment characteristics.
• Review potential microbiological, chemical, physical and radiological contaminants and contamination pathways.
• Analysis and identification of trends in water quality monitoring results.
• Assess the source class.
• Determine the resulting source water protozoa log credit requirements.
• Identify source and abstraction hazards for the purposes of embedding in the DWSP Risk Tables.
• Identify preventive measures for mitigating risks posed by source water and abstraction hazards.

Why use Wai Comply?

Wai Comply is a Drinking Water Quality Company.

Our goal is to assist Water Suppliers to deliver safe drinking water while achieving their compliance duties. Our team of dedicated and experienced experts have decades of combined industry knowledge across all aspects of the water industry.

The team at Wai Comply are passionate about the Water Sector and the delivery of safe drinking water. We want to support our clients to protect their water supply, maintain their compliance and deliver safe drinking water to the community. 

We believe in not just working for our clients but empowering them to apply Drinking-water compliance practices their way.