How Water Safety Plans Complement Sanitary Surveys

Abstract

Key TakeawaysIn the United States, US Environmental Protection Agency sanitary surveys provide valuable interaction between primacy agencies and public water system operators and managers.Water safety plans (WSPs), often used worldwide, can be an additional tool for sanitary surveys to integrate multiple barriers of public water systems and focus on prioritized hazards and conditions.WSPs are reasonable for implementation because they use existing regulatory compliance means as well as operational standards of practice.