A role for human reliability analysis (HRA) in preventing drinking water incidents and securing safe drinking water

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3227-3238

  Wu, Shaomin ^a   Hrudey, Steve ^b   French, Simon ^c   Bedford, Tim ^d   Soane, Emma ^e   Pollard, Simon ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis; Drinking water safety; Human error; Human reliability analysis; Management; Risk; Swiss cheese model

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; LIFE CYCLE; MANAGEMENT; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMAN ERRORS; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AGENDA; SAFE DRINKING WATER; WATER SECTOR;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; MODELING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAFETY; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 67649213863     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.04.040     Document Type: Article

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