This powerpoint presentation has two themes, distribution system operation and public health protection, each covering the following topics: best management practices; focus on case studies and lessons learned; provide references where possible; and, some practices, well defined and others in infancy. The presentation focuses on strategies to minimize risk in areas that include: Water Quality
Management
Approaches; Maintaining a
Disinfectant
Residual; System
Operations
and
Maintenance; and, Sensors and
Monitoring
Devices. Within Water Quality
Management
Approaches, topics covered include:
Water Safety Plans;
HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point);
DSOP (Distribution System Optimization Plans); and,
AWWA Standard G200-04. Within Maintaining a
Disinfectant
Residual topics covered include: Maintaining a Residual; and,
Switching from Free to Combined Chlorine. Within System
Operations
and
Maintenance, topics covered include: Pressure maintenance and monitoring;
Hydraulic modeling;
Repairs to pipes, disinfection and release;
Water main flushing;
Cross Connection Control;
Storage facility inspection, operation and maintenance; and,
Security Operations. Finally, within Sensors
and
Monitoring
Devices, topics covered include: Chlorine residual;
Pressure and flow;
Leakage; and,
Corrosion monitoring. Includes figures.