Conference Proceedings

NSF and WHO Drinking Water Risk Management Strategies Conference


May 4, 2004
Opening Session
8:30 am Introduction and Welcome
Kevan Lawlor, President and CEO
NSF International - USA
8:40 am Keynote Address
Jamie Bartram
WHO Water Sanitation and Health Programme - Switzerland
(presented by David Cunliffe)
Session I - Current Views and Approaches
9:00 am Lessons Learned from the Berlin Conference
Oliver Schmoll
Federal Environmental Agency Umweltbundesamt - Germany
9:30 am Is There a Better Way?
Rick Karlin
Awwa Research Foundation - USA
10:00 am Lessons from the Bonn I and II Conference
Bob Breach
Severn Trent - UK
11:00 am Comprehensive Water Quality Management Systems
Joseph Cotruvo
J Cotruvo & Associates, LLC USA
11:30 am HACCP and WHO Water Safety Plans
Annette Davison
Water Futures - Australia
Session II - Risk Management Tools and Systems
1:00 pm Vulnerability Assessments Reveal Need for HACCP
Paul Pearce
Nova Biologicals, Inc.- USA
1:30 pm AWWA Utility Quality Programs, Performance Improvement Tools Built for Utilities by Utilities
Jim Ginley
American Water Works Association - USA
2:00 pm EMS Initiatives in the State of Missouri
Cindy Hebenstreit
Missouri American Water Company - USA
2:30 pm Integration of Quality, Environmental and HACCP Management Systems
Christine Bedillion
NSF International - USA
3:30 pm HACCP and Risk Management
Simon Pollard
Cranfield University, SIMS - UK
4:00 pm HACCP in Water Treatment
Nelson Fok
Capital Health - Canada
4:30 pm Liabilities, Due Diligence and Utilities
Annette Davison
Water Futures - Australia
5:00 pm Panel Discussion/Q&A
Joe Cotruvo
Joseph Cotruvo and Associates, LLC - USA
May 5, 2004
Session III - Application of Risk Management Tools
8:00 am The Australian Framework for Management of Drinking Water Quality
David Cunliffe
Dept of Human Services - Australia
8:30 am Case Study #1: Design and Implementation of a HACCP Based Water Quality Management System
David Smith
Gold Coast - Australia
9:00 am Case Study #2: A Best Practice Sustainable Risk Management System for Water Quality and Safety
Bob White
BRI International Inc. - Canada
10:00 am Case Study #3: Benefits of ISO9001 Process Controls in Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Larry Nyman
NJ American Water Company - USA
10:30 am Case Study #4: HACCP and ISO systems at Reykjavik Energy
Loftur Gissurarson
Reykjavik Energy - Iceland
11:00 am Case Study #5: HACCP as a Tool for Assuring Safe Drinking Water
Laurence de Bier
Veolia Water - France
11:30 am Panel Discussion
Christine Bedillion
NSF International - USA
Session IV: Protecting the Source and Distribution
1:00 pm Implementation of a HACCP Approach to Catchment Management
Dan Deere
Water Futures - Australia
1:30 pm Case Study #6: Alameda Creek Watershed
Sheila Barry
UC Cooperative Extension - USA
Session V - Protecting Distribution
2:00 pm HACCP in Distribution System Management and Regulations?
Ken Rotert
US Environmental Protection Agency - USA
2:30 pm Application of HACCP for Distribution System Protection
Kathy Martel
Economic and Engineering Services - USA
Closing Session - The Way Forward
3:30 pm The Federal Perspective: Potential Role of HACCP and Water Safety Plans in Regulation and Oversight of Public Water Supplies
Ephraim King
EPA - USA
4:00 pm The State Perspective: Potential Role of HACCP and Water Safety Plans for Oversight of PWS or, Professionalism and Accountability in State Drinking Water Programs
Gerald Iwan
ASDWA / Connecticut Department of Public Health - USA
4:30 pm Panel Discussion on Directions for the Future
Dave Purkiss
NSF International - USA
5:00 pm Summary and Closing Remarks