Water Unit, Environmental Health Branch, NSW Health, 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia E-mail:
Water Unit, Environmental Health Branch, NSW Health, 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia.
J Water Health. 2023 Aug;21(8):1098-1109. doi: 10.2166/wh.2023.125.
Since 2010, New South Wales (NSW) Health has assisted local water utilities to develop and implement risk-based drinking water management systems based on the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines Framework for Management of Drinking Water Quality. This support has benefited regional communities, and especially smaller utilities, by helping to identify and control risks. NSW Health's support projects have resulted in statistically significant improvements across many elements of drinking water management system implementation. Through this program of support, NSW Health has identified possible infrastructure and operational needs and assessed implementation of drinking water management systems. In parallel, NSW Health has worked to assess the risk from Cryptosporidium in drinking water supplies and to develop a formal audit program. Findings from the NSW Health support program informed the development of two NSW Government programs and the commitment of more than $1 billion to help local water utilities address public health and other critical needs. The introduction of risk-based drinking water management systems has driven incremental improvement in drinking water quality management across the state of NSW.
自 2010 年以来，新南威尔士州（NSW）卫生局根据《澳大利亚饮用水质量管理指南框架》，协助当地水务公司制定和实施基于风险的饮用水管理系统。通过帮助识别和控制风险，该支持使地区社区，特别是较小的水务公司受益。新南威尔士州卫生局的支持项目已导致饮用水管理系统实施的许多要素在统计学上有显著改善。通过该支持计划，新南威尔士州卫生局已确定可能的基础设施和运营需求，并评估饮用水管理系统的实施情况。同时，新南威尔士州卫生局还致力于评估饮用水供应中隐孢子虫的风险，并制定正式的审计计划。新南威尔士州卫生局支持计划的调查结果为制定两项新南威尔士州政府计划提供了信息，并承诺投入超过 10 亿澳元，以帮助当地水务公司解决公共卫生和其他关键需求。基于风险的饮用水管理系统的引入推动了新南威尔士州饮用水质量管理制度的逐步改进。
