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|a Quality Assurance Plan for Potable Water Supplied by RIWSP Rwanda |h [electronic resource]. |
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|a Kigali, Rwanda : |b Florida International University, |c 2012-12. |
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|a Please contact the owning institution for licensing and permissions. It is the users' responsibility to ensure use does not violate any third party rights. |
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|a The primary goal of the Rwanda Integrated Water Security Program (RIWSP) is to improve the
sustainable management of water quantity and quality to positively impact human health, food
security, and resiliency to climate change for vulnerable populations in targeted catchments in
Rwanda.
This document details the Quality Assurance plan for potable water supplied under RIWSP. In
particular, it describes how RIWSP complies with USAID environmental regulations especially
regarding the testing of water quality of supplies before for human consumption. The water
quality plan addresses all aspects of the drinking water supply from boreholes, springs, gravity
schemes and rain water harvesting systems destined for drinking water. It includes control of
abstraction, treatment and delivery of drinking-water.
The Quality Assurance plan shows how RIWSP will ensure the provision of safe drinking water
to communities served by the program, ensuring it meets both local and World Health
Organization (WHO) water quality standards. As part of capacity building activities, RIWSP will
also build capacity and establish responsibilities to provide reasonable assurance of ongoing
water quality monitoring.
The standards for initial and ongoing testing of water quality -- types of contaminants for which
testing should be conducted, testing methods, testing frequency, and issues such as public
access to results--will comply with applicable USAID guidance, as well as local laws, regulations
and policies.
Furthermore, a response protocol should be established in the event that water quality testing
reveals contamination of drinking water supplies. Among the water quality tests which must be
performed are tests for the presence of arsenic in accordance to the requirement that any
USAID-supported activity engaged in the provision of potable water must adhere to Guidance
Cable State 98 108651, which requires arsenic testing. The USAID managing team must assure
that the standards and testing procedures described in the following document are met:
“Guidelines for Determining the Arsenic |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Added automatically, |d 2015. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Water Resources Management; Rwanda. |
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|a Global Water for Sustainability Program (Florida International University). |
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|u http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FIGW000018/00001 |y Click here for full text |
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