Managing Water Quality in Premise Plumbing

WATER QUALITY IN PREMISE PLUMBING SYSTEM – A REVIEW

International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology ◽

10.15623/ijret.2016.0530012 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 05 (30) ◽

pp. 83-86

Author(s):

Shree D. Kamble .

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Plumbing System ◽

System A ◽

Premise Plumbing

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Implementation and evaluation of the water safety plan approach for buildings

Journal of Water and Health ◽

10.2166/wh.2019.046 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (6) ◽

pp. 870-883 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Isabelle Schmidt ◽

Bettina Rickert ◽

Oliver Schmoll ◽

Thomas Rapp

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Drinking Water ◽

Drinking Water Quality ◽

World Health ◽

Management Approach ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Water Safety ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Drinking Water Safety ◽

Premise Plumbing

Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes water safety plans (WSPs) – a risk-based management approach – for premise plumbing systems in buildings to prevent deterioration of drinking-water quality. Experience with the implementation of WSPs in buildings were gathered within a pilot project in Germany. The project included an evaluation of the feasibility and advantages of WSPs by all stakeholders who share responsibility in drinking-water safety. While the feasibility of the concept was demonstrated for all buildings, benefits reported by building operators varied. The more technical standards were complied with before implementing WSP, the less pronounced were the resulting improvements. In most cases, WSPs yielded an increased system knowledge and awareness for drinking-water quality issues. WSPs also led to improved operation of the premise plumbing system and provided benefits for surveillance authorities. A survey among the European Network of Drinking-Water Regulators on the existing legal framework regarding drinking-water safety in buildings exhibited that countries are aware of the need to manage risks in buildings' installations, but experience with WSP is rare. Based on the successful implementation and the positive effects of WSPs on drinking-water quality, we recommend the establishment of legal frameworks that require WSPs for priority buildings whilst accounting for differing conditions in buildings and countries.

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Toward a comprehensive explanatory model of reliance on alternatives to the tap: evidence from California's retail water stores

Journal of Water and Health ◽

10.2166/wh.2019.289 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 455-462 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Gregory Pierce ◽

Larry Lai

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Tap Water ◽

Water System ◽

Water Systems ◽

Water Quality Standards ◽

Explanatory Factors ◽

Premise Plumbing ◽

Education Campaigns ◽

The Relationship ◽

Secondary Contamination

Abstract Building on a recent increase in scholarly attention to the problem of tap water mistrust and resulting negative health impacts, we examine the relationship between neighborhood reliance on tap water alternatives and a range of explanatory factors. We model retail water store locations as a proxy for reliance on tap water alternatives in urbanized neighborhoods across California. Our study is unique in its inclusion of variables representing both compliance with primary and secondary water quality standards by publicly regulated drinking water systems serving particular neighborhoods, other water system attributes and the socioeconomic characteristics of neighborhoods. The location of retail water stores in urbanized neighborhoods does not appear strongly related to observed measures of water quality. Secondary contamination shows a weak relationship to tap alternative reliance, and primary contamination was not correlated with higher levels of tap alternative reliance. On the other hand, our research suggests that other socioeconomic factors, particularly country of birth, are associated with the prevalence of more water stores. Increasing reliance on tap water likely requires measuring and addressing secondary contamination found in distributional systems and premise plumbing, and more aggressive public education campaigns.

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