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3.1 Commitment to drinking water quality management (element 1)

Components:

  • Drinking water quality policy

  • Regulatory and formal requirements

  • Engaging stakeholders

Organisational support and long-term commitment by senior executive is the foundation to implementation of an effective system for drinking water quality management.

Successful implementation requires:

  • an awareness and understanding of the importance of drinking water quality management and how decisions affect the protection of public health

  • the development of an organisational philosophy that fosters commitment to continual improvement and cultivates employee responsibility and motivation

  • the ongoing and active involvement of senior executive to maintain and reinforce the importance of drinking water quality management to all employees as well as those outside the organisation.

Senior executive should ensure that its actions and policies support the effective management of drinking water quality (e.g. appropriate staffing, training of employees, provision of adequate financial resources, active participation and reporting to the board or chief executive).

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Australian Drinking Water Guidelines 6 2011, v3.9

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