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### sec.61D Content of water risk management plans
The water risk management plan for a prescribed facility must—
describe the prescribed facility’s water distribution system; and
identify hazards, hazard sources and hazardous events relevant to water within the prescribed facility’s water distribution system; and
assess the risks associated with hazards, hazard sources and hazardous events identified under paragraph (b) ; and
state the following—
measures to be taken to control the risks assessed under paragraph (c) ;
the procedures that must be implemented for monitoring the effectiveness of the measures;
a schedule that must be complied with for testing water for Legionella and other identified hazards at a frequency informed by the risks, measures and procedures;
the way records of results obtained under subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) will be kept; and
state procedures for responding to—
the results of monitoring that indicate the failure of measures taken to control risks assessed under paragraph (c) ; and
the results of testing that indicate the presence of a hazard in water within the prescribed facility’s water distribution system; and
include a requirement for the water risk management plan to be reviewed and when that review is to be carried out; and
include any other requirement prescribed by regulation.
s 61D ins 2016 No. 33 s 4
amd 2020 No. 31 s 27
- (a) describe the prescribed facility’s water distribution system; and
- (b) identify hazards, hazard sources and hazardous events relevant to water within the prescribed facility’s water distribution system; and
- (c) assess the risks associated with hazards, hazard sources and hazardous events identified under paragraph (b) ; and
- (d) state the following— (i) measures to be taken to control the risks assessed under paragraph (c) ; (ii) the procedures that must be implemented for monitoring the effectiveness of the measures; (iii) a schedule that must be complied with for testing water for Legionella and other identified hazards at a frequency informed by the risks, measures and procedures; (iv) the way records of results obtained under subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) will be kept; and
- (i) measures to be taken to control the risks assessed under paragraph (c) ;
- (ii) the procedures that must be implemented for monitoring the effectiveness of the measures;
- (iii) a schedule that must be complied with for testing water for Legionella and other identified hazards at a frequency informed by the risks, measures and procedures;
- (iv) the way records of results obtained under subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) will be kept; and
- (e) state procedures for responding to— (i) the results of monitoring that indicate the failure of measures taken to control risks assessed under paragraph (c) ; and (ii) the results of testing that indicate the presence of a hazard in water within the prescribed facility’s water distribution system; and
- (i) the results of monitoring that indicate the failure of measures taken to control risks assessed under paragraph (c) ; and
- (ii) the results of testing that indicate the presence of a hazard in water within the prescribed facility’s water distribution system; and
- (f) include a requirement for the water risk management plan to be reviewed and when that review is to be carried out; and
- (g) include any other requirement prescribed by regulation.
- (i) measures to be taken to control the risks assessed under paragraph (c) ;
- (ii) the procedures that must be implemented for monitoring the effectiveness of the measures;
- (iii) a schedule that must be complied with for testing water for Legionella and other identified hazards at a frequency informed by the risks, measures and procedures;
- (iv) the way records of results obtained under subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) will be kept; and
- (i) the results of monitoring that indicate the failure of measures taken to control risks assessed under paragraph (c) ; and
- (ii) the results of testing that indicate the presence of a hazard in water within the prescribed facility’s water distribution system; and