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Water Safety - Risk Management Strategies for Drinking Water,
Berlin 28-30 April 2003

Monday, 28 April 2003

Confirmed speakers

*Opening*
08:30 - 09:30	Greeting and Registration
09:30 - 09:50	Opening Federal Environmental Agency Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security	Thomas Holzmann Klaus Theo Schröder

Drinking-water targets for public health
9:50 - 10:10	The third edition of WHO's Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality (2003)	Jamie Bartram (Switzerland) WHO, Water, Sanitation and Health Programme
10:10 - 10:30	UNICEF's perspective on safe drinking water	Vanessa Tobin (USA) UNICEF, Water, Environment and Sanitation Programme
10:30 - 10:50	Is there a need for better drinking-water quality management?	Martin Exner and Thomas Kistemann(Germany) Universität Bonn, Institut für Hygiene und öffentliche Gesundheit, WHO CC für Wassermanagement und Risikokommunikation zur Förderung der Gesundheit
10:50 - 11:05	Discussion
11:05 - 11:35	Coffee break

*Water Safety Plans: HACCP principles for safe drinking water*
11:35 - 12:05	HACCP: a successful quality management system in the food industry	Lüppo Ellerbroek (Germany) Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung
12:05 - 12:35	Water Safety Plan: the WHO approach	Melita Stevens (Australia) Melbourne Water
12:35 - 12:50	Discussion
12:50 - 14:00	Lunch break

Experiences with the application of HACCP principles in drinking water
14:00 - 14:20	Melbourne Water: implementation from catchment to consumer	Kevin Hellier (Australia) Melbourne Water
14:20 - 14:40	Sydney Catchment Authority: applicability in catchments	Daniel Deere (Australia) Sydney Catchment Authority
14:40 - 15:00 15:00 - 15:20 15:20 - 15:40	Application of HACCP principles in drinking water : the French experience	Sylvie Metge (France) Lyonnaise des Eaux Remy Bastiment SAUR Jean-Claude Joret Vivendi Water
15:40 - 15:55	Discussion

*Coffee Workshops*
16:00 - 17:30	Moderated groups on different topics. Experts of sessions above available for questions and invitation for short presentations of participants.

Tuesday, 29 April 2003

Speaker

*Experiences with the application of HACCP principles in drinking water (continued)*
09:00 - 09:15	Summary of day 1
09:15 - 09:35	United Utilities Water: adoption of HACCP principles for water safety with particular reference to Cryptosporidium	Alan Godfree (UK) North West Water
09:35 - 09:55	Industrielle Werke Basel: realisation of specific HACCP principles	Richard Wülser (Switzerland) Industrielle Werke Basel
09:55 - 10:15	Application of the HACCP principles in the Water Supply Zurich	Ulrich Bosshart (Switzerland) Wasserversorgung Zürich
10:15 - 10:30	Discussion
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break

Applications of Water Safety Plans in small systems and developing countries
11:00 - 11:20	Development of Water Safety Plans for urban utility water supplies in Uganda	Guy Howard (UK) University of Loughborough Water Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
11:20 - 11:40	Small and medium sized water supplies in the Northern Territory	Roslyn Vulcano (Australia) Northern Territory Government, Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment
11:40 - 12:00	Application of Water Safety Plans to small community water supplies in Thailand	Theechat Boonyakarnkul (Thailand) Ministry of Public Health, Department of Health
12:00 - 12:15	Discussion
12:15 - 13:30	Lunch break

HACCP in relation to further approaches for quality management systems in drinking water
13:30 - 13:50	How does HACCP integrates into modern quality management systems utilised in water supplies?	Walter Girsberger (Switzerland) Schweizerischer Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches
13:50 - 14:10	Principles of the German drinking water sector	Hans Mehlhorn and Matthias Weiß (Germany) Zweckverband Bodenseewasserversorgung BWV
14:10 - 14:30	The technical safety management of the DVGW as a tool for Quality Management Systems for drinking water supply in Germany	Horst Schlicht (Germany) Gelsenwasser AG
14:30 - 14:50	Towards public health risk management plan implementation in New Zealand	Chris Nokes (New Zealand) Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd.
14:50 - 15:10	Interaction between risk assessment and risk management	Gertjan Medema (Netherlands) KIWA

Specific aspects of quality assurance
15:10 - 15:30	Assuring the microbial safety of drinking water	Marc LeChevalier (USA) American Water Works Service Company
15:30 - 15:50	Quality assurance in distribution systems	Katherine Martel (USA) Economic and Engineering Services Inc.
15:50 - 16:10	Quality assurance in Berlin's unchlorinated distribution system	Dietmar Petersohn (Germany) Berliner Wasser-Betriebe
16:10 - 16:25	Discussion

*Coffee Workshops*
16:30 - 17:45	Moderated groups on different topics. Experts of sessions above available for questions and invitation for short presentations of participants.

Wednesday, 30 April 2003

Speaker

*Assessing risks for chemicals*
09:00 - 09:15	Summary of day 2
09:15 - 09:35	Can HACCP principles be applied to chemicals in drinking water?	John Fawell (UK) Consultant
09:35 - 09:55	Chemicals in drinking water - assessing priorities for risk management	Han Heijnen (Bangladesh) WHO Bangladesh
09:55 - 10:15	Arsenic and fluoride in drinking-water	Kumar Jyoti Nath (India) Institution of Public Health Engineers
10:15 - 10: 30	Discussion
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break

Implications for regulation and surveillance
11:00 - 11:20	Quality management recommendations from the Walkerton Inquiry	Steve Hrudey (Canada) University of Alberta, Department of Public Health Sciences
11:20 - 11:40	Experiences and assessment: viewpoint of Swiss' public health authorities	Hans-Sepp Walker (Switzerland) Laboratoire Cantonal Fribourg
11:40 - 12:00	Application of the Australian risk management framework: a public health authorities' perspective	David Cunliffe (Australia) Environmental Surveillance Environmental Health Branch, Department of Human Services
12:00 - 12:20	Drinking-water inspection in Ghana	Nii Okai Kotei (Ghana) Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, Drinking Water Inspectorate
12:20 - 13:30	Lunch break

13:30 - 13:50	Assessment of the suggested risk management strategies for drinking water hygiene in Baden-Württemberg	Doris Waschko (Germany) Landesgesundheitsamt Baden-Württemberg
13:50 - 14:10	The EU Drinking Water Directive - Past, present and future	Pierre Hecq (Belgium) Directorate General of European Commission (DG Environment)
14:10 - 14:25	Discussion
14:25 - 14:45	Does the customer believe it is safe?	Bob Breach (UK) Severn Trent
14:45 - 15:45	Concluding plenary discussion

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