Public Health Grading of Community Drinking

Public Health Grading of Community Drinking - Water Supplies 2003
Explanatory Notes and Grading Forms

Date of publication: September 2003

Note: This document has been amended - see the amendments

ISBN 0-478-25692-2
ISBN 0-478-25695-7
HP 3684

This edition of the Public Health Grading of Community Drinking-Water Supplies supersedes the 1993 edition, which was based on the Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand 1984. Changes have been made to bring it into line with the current version of the Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand 2000 (DWSNZ 2000) and impending regulatory developments.

The regulatory developments include the introduction of Public Health Risk Management Plans (PHRMPs). During 2001 the Ministry of Health published a discussion paper and held four workshops on ways in which the grading could be integrated with the PHRMP process. From the feedback received at the workshops and from submissions the Ministry of Health has decided not to integrate the Grading and PHRMP processes. Therefore the traditional approach used in the grading is retained but will be reviewed in approximately five years.

This edition of the Public Health Grading of Drinking-Water Supplies has been redesigned to present the information in a more user-friendly manner. It incorporates the arbitrator’s decisions and rulings in relation to the 1993 grading, changes suggested by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, and changes suggested by local authorities and health protection officers, and takes into account the proposed creation of drinking-water assessors (DWAs).

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You can also download a Word document showing the amendments to the grading protocol:

Amendments to the Public Health Grading Criteria 2003 (Word, 21kB)

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