2 Management Strategies

Beginning within the context of the classical risk assessment framework, this chapter discusses the origins of risks to microbiological water quality. The importance of a preventative multiple barrier approach is discussed and the advantages of controlling contamination as near to the source as possible are presented briefly. Practical, simple to use approaches are needed to identify risks and manage them at the day-today level. The hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) principles are used to illustrate such a process in relation to drinking water. Although the HACCP examples are drawn from drinking water the principles are equally applicable to the recreational water and wastewater reuse areas. A recently proposed management strategy for recreational water is also outlined.