New certification system improving SA's water drop for drop

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Drinking water quality The Department of Water & Environmental Affairs’ (DWEA’s) new Blue Drop Certification system hopes to encourage municipalities to improve their drinking water quality management while empowering the public with the right information about what is coming out of their taps. Compiled by Lani van Vuuren. The inaugural National Blue Drop Report 2009 was launched by newly-appointed DWEA Minister Buyelwa Sonjica earlier this year. A total of 22 water supply systems across South Africa were awarded the prestigious Blue Drop following the assessment period, which ran from March 2008 to January 2009. The certification process judged municipalities’ water supply systems on criteria such as the skills levels of process controllers, operation and maintenance, operational and compliance monitoring, number of key analyses per population serviced and proof that these analyses results are used to improve process controlling, among others.

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