Water Safety Planning for Urban Water Utilities: a practical Guide for adb staff

Handover
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Water Safety Plan
(Deliver: consolidation 
of the core of the 
WSP into a single 
document)
Client
Project 
implementation 
(construction 
completion and 
commissioning)
Consolidate WSP in close liaison with client. 
Improvement actions could be collated into a 
summary table to draw on improvements identified 
from work to date. Note that this includes those 
improvements identified throughout the completion 
of the steps of developing the WSP.
Document format and style would be suitable for 
ready interpretation and use by client staff, given their 
level of expertise and training.
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Management 
Procedures and 
Supporting Programs 
(Deliver: supporting 
activities that 
underpin the WSP)
Client
Project 
implementation 
(construction 
completion and 
commissioning)
As part of consolidating and finalizing the WSP, 
important management procedures and supporting 
programs could be identified and reviewed within the 
client’s current processes. Examples may include 
incident and emergency response plans,
training programs,
documentation and records of management 
processes, and
communication and community consultation 
processes.
Cross-references could be made to those 
management procedures and supporting programs 
within the WSP.
Gaps and weaknesses within management procedures 
and supporting programs could be identified, and 
advocacy and advice on improvements could be 
provided. 
Actions could be agreed with the client to address 
gaps and weaknesses summarized in the improvement 
actions table of the WSP.
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Handover Training
(Deliver: training 
sufficient to ensure 
client understanding 
of WSPs)
Client
Project 
implementation 
(construction 
completion and 
commissioning)
Training and competency assessment could be 
provided to complete and verify handover of the WSP, 
including the supporting programs to the client to 
ensure understanding of systems and ongoing role in 
ensuring water safety.
If required and if WSP is quite new to them, an 
advocacy activity could be undertaken with the 
Ministry of Health to ensure understanding of their 
ongoing role in assuring water safety. This advocacy 
activity may need to be started up front, prior to 
beginning the WSP, as well as be part of handing it 
over.
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INTEGRATION OF WATER SAFETY PLANS INTO ADB’S PROJECT CYCLE
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Table 2 continued
No.
Illustrative Steps 
and Deliverables
Typical Party with 
Responsibility for 
Activities
(ADB can mean its 
staff, partners, or 
consultants)
Typical Timing 
Relating to ADB 
Project Cycle
Illustrative Notes
(For complete examples, refer to the Water 
Safety Portal. http://www.wsportal.org)