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Establish preliminary WSP vision
• Milestone Establishment of a national WSP steering committee and an agreed country vision for improving the management of drinking-water quality through the use of WSPs
• Outcome Attainment of initial government commitment to actively promote and pursue WSP implementation
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Establish preliminary WSP vision
National steering committee
• Water supplier
• Appropriate ministries (water, health, environment)
• Catchment authority
• NGO’s, donor agencies
• Community groups
• Universities
• External experts
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Establish preliminary WSP vision
Leadership Vision Reality
•WSP champions
•High-level advocates
•Compelling
•Well communicated
•Lead by example
•Demonstrate progress towards vision
•Accountability
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•Omani management has got inspired by countries implemented water safety plan, particularly an Arab country like Jordan, to initiate the pilot project in Oman for its close study.
•PAEW Adopted this risk management approach and will develop a Drinking Water Safety Plan that is central to the way in which we ensure safe drinking water now and in the future.
•Thus we have got motivated to start it in Oman and will apply it at country level.
Oman Drinking Water Safety Plan
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Sustainable quality management approach for the continuous delivery of safe drinking water in Oman.
Widespread adoption in Oman. Regulatory requirement in drinking-water legislation for
Oman. Benchmark for capacity building and training institutions. Building partnerships in the region. Establish audit capacity.
Vision Pilot project
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•Demonstration project facilitates .•Informs further development of national drinking-water policies and legislation.•Demonstrates feasibility of a WSP in the Omani context.•Provides basis for evaluating the added value.•Contributes to long-term capacity building.
•Product:•Fully implemented WSP •Covering all or selected aspects of the supply chain.
Vision Pilot project
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Plan of activity
• Identify roles of departments from within the supply • Identify staff undertaking particular roles• Develop a transparent management plan:
– Define separate activities and timelines– Number of person days required
• Review roles, responsibilities and interests of external stakeholders
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Building up the WSP Team
Water SupplierExternal consultant
Ministry of Health
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Where we are going ?Where we are going ?
Our WSP is key to the way in which we will manage risks to drinking water quality in the short, medium and long term. Risks are kept under continual review and the effectiveness of controls verified to make sure that the WSP remains effective.Our WSP enables us to identify and priorities where we need to invest funds to maintain and improve drinking water quality for the benefit of our customers and stakeholders.
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Lessons Learned
By the time, Water Safety Plan in Oman has been fully implemented, only then its positive and negative lessons can be documented. However we have already faced some challenges, some of which are listed below: • The overloaded schedule of the team. • Lake of appropriate documentation process of previous failures. • Recently implemented change of organizational structure in PAEW which resulted in relocating and changing of some key players in WSP team