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Water Safety Plan for Securing Drinking Water Supply from River Bank Filtration Projects in Egypt – A case Study.

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

The main objective of water utilities is securing the supply of safe drinking water with adequate quantity to safeguard public health. The Water Safety Plan (WSP) is considered an efficient way to ensure water safety according to the latest published information from the World health organization (WHO). WSP is dependent on a proactive approach to reduce the opportunity of hazards from the water source to the consumers' taps. In this study, an application of the concepts was done to secure the drinking water produced from River Bank Filtration (RBF). Both managerial and technical potential reason for risk was studied and the appropriate corrective action was settled. In general, it was found that however, RBF is considered a well-established water technology with a low cost it still could be vulnerable to different kinds of potential hazards. The study has shown potential risks in the source, RBF, network, and customer community. In RBF, the water resource area is the more sensitive to the potential hazard with risk score reach up to 20 on a scale of 1 to 25. The average risk factor before the implementation of the corrective actions is about 10 which classified as high risk. These corrective actions include short-term with low cost that could be considered as quick-win actions other long-term actions have also been identified. The application of this action will ensure a decrease in the average risk to 3 (low risk). The corporate stakeholders and their liabilities have been identified and a group of (Key performance indicators) KPIs was developed for the process to be manageable. (Non-Governmental Organizations) NGOs have a major role in the application of corrective actions such as facilitating the connection for the poor citizen. The involvement of NGOs in the water management process at Abu Bisht will allow direct interaction between the industry and community which overall will increase the social responsibility of the company and at the same time increase the valuation of water at the mentality of the customers.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.59745.3280

Keywords

Water Safety Plan, River Bank Filtration, Risk Management, Sustainability

Authors

First Name

Rifaat

Last Name

Abdelwahaab

MiddleName

Shabaan

Affiliation

Holding Company for Water and Wastewater, Cairo, Egypt. Water Pollution Research Dep., National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

rifaat.abdelwahaab@hcww.com.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Waleed

Last Name

Elsayed Mohamed

MiddleName

Hosni

Affiliation

Environmental Sciences Dep., Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt

Email

waleed.ghoneim85@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Salem

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt

Email

mahmoudsalem1912@gmail.com

City

Damietta

Orcid

-

First Name

Amany

Last Name

Hasballah

MiddleName

Fareed

Affiliation

Environmental Sciences Dep., Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt.

Email

dr_env_env@yahoo.com

City

Damietta

Orcid

-

Volume

64

Article Issue

8

Related Issue

26586

Issue Date

2021-08-01

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2021-01-25

Publish Date

2021-08-01

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4,233

Page End

4,249

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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444

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Water Safety Plan for Securing Drinking Water Supply from River Bank Filtration Projects in Egypt – A case Study.

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Created At

22 Jan 2023