Success or failure: Demonstrating the effectiveness of a Water Safety Plan

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-116

  Mudaliar, M M ^a  

^a CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Key performance indicators; Monitoring and evaluation; Targets; Water Safety Plan

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; POTABLE WATER; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TARGETS; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; MONITORING AND EVALUATIONS; PERFORMANCE TARGETS; RISK-BASED MODEL; WATER SAFETY PLANS;

WATERWORKS;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAFETY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; MONITORING; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAFETY PLAN;

EID: 84861069036     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2011.106     Document Type: Article

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