WATER SAFETY PLANS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT: APPROPRIATE RISK MANAGEMENT OF WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE IN THE CONTEXT OF RURAL AND PERI-URBAN COMMUNITIES IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES

摘要

Water safety plans (WSPs) are promoted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the most effective method for ensuring safe drinking water. As a minimum, WSPs require of the drinking-water 'supplier' (1) a system assessment, (2) effective operational monitoring, and (3) management. Whilst WSPs are currently being developed and implemented throughout the high- and middle-income world they are only just being introduced in low-income countries. Developing WSPs in the context of disasters in rural and peri-urban areas of low-income countries presents particular challenges. This paper outlines some of these challenges.