scholarly journals Lessons from 10 Years of Experience with Australia’s Risk-Based Guidelines for Managed Aquifer Recharge

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Dillon ◽  
Declan Page ◽  
Joanne Vanderzalm ◽  
Simon Toze ◽  
Craig Simmons ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Managed Aquifer Recharge ◽  
World Health ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Australian Water ◽  
Factors Affecting

The Australian Managed Aquifer Recharge Guidelines, published in 2009, were the world’s first Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) Guidelines based on risk-management principles that also underpin the World Health Organisation’s Water Safety Plans. In 2015, a survey of Australian MAR project proponents, consultants and regulators revealed that in those states advancing MAR, the Guidelines were lauded for giving certainty on approval processes. They were also considered to be pragmatic to use, but there was feedback on onerous data requirements. The rate of uptake of MAR has varied widely among Australian state jurisdictions, for reasons that are not explained by the drivers for and feasibility of MAR. The states where MAR has progressed are those that have adopted the Guidelines into state regulations or policy. It was originally intended that these Guidelines would be revised after five to ten years, informed by experience of any hazards not considered in the guidelines, and by new scientific developments including advances in monitoring and control methods for risk management. As such revision has not yet occurred, this paper was prepared to give a precis of these Guidelines and review ten years of experience in their application and to identify issues and suggest improvements for consideration in their revision by Australian water regulators. This paper also discusses the factors affecting their potential international applicability, including the capabilities required for implementation, and we use India as an example for which an intermediate level water quality guideline for MAR was developed. This paper is intended to be useful information for regulators in other countries considering adopting or developing their own guidelines. Note that the purpose of these Guidelines is to protect human health and the environment. It is not a guide to how to site, design, build and operate a managed aquifer recharge project, for which there are many other sources of information.

scholarly journals Application of a risk management system to improve drinking water safety

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asoka Jayaratne
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Control Point ◽  
Drinking Water Quality ◽  
Iso 9001 ◽  
World Health ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Critical Control Point

The use of a comprehensive risk management framework is considered a very effective means of managing water quality risks. There are many risk-based systems available to water utilities such as ISO 9001 and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP). In 2004, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality recommended the use of preventive risk management approaches to manage water quality risks. This paper describes the framework adopted by Yarra Valley Water for the development of its Drinking Water Quality Risk Management Plan incorporating HACCP and ISO 9001 systems and demonstrates benefits of Water Safety Plans such as HACCP.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Consumption of Water from a Newly Introduced Safe Drinking Water System: The Case of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) Systems in Bangladesh

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Badrul Hasan ◽  
Peter P. J. Driessen ◽  
Shantanu Majumder ◽  
Annelies Zoomers ◽  
Frank van Laerhoven
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Water System ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Managed Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Drinking Water System ◽  
Intensity Of Competition

Rather than committing exclusively to one drinking water option, households in Bangladesh often use a portfolio of sources that, in varying ways, to varying extents satisfy one or more out of several preferences they hold with regard to their drinking water. What happens if a new option is added to that mix? In communities of Bangladesh’ Southwestern coastal region where a new option (managed aquifer recharge, or MAR) was recently introduced, we observe variation in the extent to which this source contributes to satisfying households’ drinking water needs. Using multiple linear regression (n = 636 households), we found that perceived risk, costs, taste, self-efficacy, and form and intensity of competition with alternative drinking water options matter significantly.

scholarly journals Application of risk-based assessment and management to riverbank filtration sites in India

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rico Bartak ◽  
Declan Page ◽  
Cornelius Sandhu ◽  
Thomas Grischek ◽  
Bharti Saini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monsoon Season ◽  
World Health ◽  
Riverbank Filtration ◽  
Total Hardness ◽  
Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment ◽  
Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Life Years ◽  
Guideline Values ◽  
Management Procedures

This is the first reported study of a riverbank filtration (RBF) scheme to be assessed following the Australian Guidelines for Managed Aquifer Recharge. A comprehensive staged approach to assess the risks from 12 hazards to human health and the environment has been undertaken. Highest risks from untreated ground and Ganga River water were identified with pathogens, turbidity, iron, manganese, total dissolved solids and total hardness. Recovered water meets the guideline values for inorganic chemicals and salinity but exceeds limits for thermotolerant coliforms frequently. A quantitative microbial risk assessment undertaken on the water recovered from the aquifer indicated that the residual risks of 0.00165 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) posed by the reference bacteria Escherichia coli O157:H7 were below the national diarrhoeal incidence of 0.027 DALYs and meet the health target in this study of 0.005 DALYs per person per year, which corresponds to the World Health Organization (WHO) regional diarrhoeal incidence in South-East Asia. Monsoon season was a major contributor to the calculated burden of disease and final DALYs were strongly dependent on RBF and disinfection pathogen removal capabilities. Finally, a water safety plan was developed with potential risk management procedures to minimize residual risks related to pathogens.

Utilizing HACCP in a Carbon-Based Treatment Process for Managed Aquifer Recharge

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (9) ◽  
pp. 4639-4645
Author(s):  
Troy Walker ◽  
Andrew Newbold ◽  
Lauren Zuravnsky ◽  
Charles Bott ◽  
Germano Salazar-Benites ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Process ◽  
Managed Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Carbon Based

Staying Ahead of the Obstacles: HRSD’s Path to Implementing Large Scale Managed Aquifer Recharge

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (9) ◽  
pp. 4635-4638
Author(s):  
Tyler Nading ◽  
Larry Schimmoller ◽  
Germano Salazar-Benites ◽  
Charles Bott ◽  
Jamie Mitchell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Managed Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Aquifer Recharge

Infodemiological patterns in searching medication errors: relationship with risk management and shift work (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Fabbian ◽  
Emanuele Di Simone ◽  
Sara Dionisi ◽  
Noemi Giannetta ◽  
Luigi De Gennaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Shift Work ◽  
Medication Errors ◽  
Medical Errors ◽  
World Health ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Western World ◽  
The World ◽  
Google Search

BACKGROUND Western world health care systems have been trying to improve their efficiency and effectiveness in order to respond properly to the aging of the population and the epidemic of noncommunicable diseases. Errors in drugs administration is an actual important issue due to different causes. OBJECTIVE Aim of this study is to measure interest in online seeking medical errors information online related to interest in risk management and shift work. METHODS We investigated Google Trends® for popular search relating to medical errors, risk management and shift work. Relative search volumes (RSVs) were evaluated for the period November 2008-November 2018 all around the world. A comparison between RSV curves related to medical errors, risk management and shift work was carried out. Then we compared world to Italian search. RESULTS RSVs were persistently higher for risk management than for medication errors during the study period (mean RSVs 74 vs. 51%) and RSVs were stably higher for medical errors than shift work during the study period (mean RSVs 51 vs 23%). In Italy, RSVs were much lower than the rest of the world, and RSVs for medication errors during the study period were negligible. Mean RSVs for risk management and shift work were 3 and 25%, respectively. RSVs related to medication errors and clinical risk management were correlated (r=0.520, p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Google search query volumes related to medication errors, risk management and shift work are different. RSVs for risk management are higher, are correlated with medication errors, and the relationship with shift work appears to be even worse, by analyzing the entire world. In Italy such a relationship completely disappears, suggesting that it needs to be emphasized by health care authorities.

Qualitative Analysis of Underlying Factors Affecting Vaccine Hesitancy in Iran- A Study Protocol (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salime Goharinezhad
Keyword(s):  
Vaccine Coverage ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
World Health ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Slight Reduction ◽  
Cultural Variation ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Context Specific

BACKGROUND World Health Organization declared the vaccine hesitancy as a global public health threat in 2019. Since even a slight reduction in vaccine coverage rates can lead to a decrease in herd immunity, it is imperative to explore the underlying factors affecting vaccine hesitancy. in specific contexts, considering socioeconomic and cultural variation, to ensure interventions targeting hesitancy are well formulated and intervened. OBJECTIVE The main objective of this study is to identify underlying factors affecting vaccine hesitancy in Iran. METHODS A framework qualitative study will be conducted in the west of Tehran province in 2020. Participants in the study will be recruited hesitance-parents who extracted from the SIB system (an electronic health record in Iran) to maximize diversity. Interviews will be analyzed based on ''Determinants of Vaccine Hesitancy Matrix'' which developed by the WHO-SAGE Working Group. RESULTS deep understanding from the context-specific reasons for vaccine hesitancy cause to formulate better strategies to address them. The ultimate goal of this study is to inform future policies to increase the uptake of the vaccine in Iran. CONCLUSIONS This result of study will show variety opinions about vaccination among different types of socioeconomic and demographic households. The wide range of reasons related to vaccine hesitancy imply to more comprehensive, context-specific interventions. Today, the most important intervention issues focus on improving information about effectiveness and safety of vaccines, while other interventions for promoting vaccination is need to addressed.

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