Step 5: Where hazards are identified, consider what could be done to improve safety and reduce the risk of those hazards. List any shortcomings in your water supply system and its management and identify what improvements should be made. Document these improvements in your risk assessment template. Step 6: Prioritise actions that need to be taken to protect the water supply and give them a priority number or time frame in the risk assessment template. Risk Assessment Template Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Hazard Risk Is the If Yes How is What could Timeframe Rank Hazard what is this be done to for action the control improve control? safety? E.g. Surface water dam High No Fencing of dam 12 months – access by farm animals (potential for Installing 6 months microbiological chlorination contamination) system E.g. River water dirty High Yes After >90mm of Rain gauge Shut off as soon Currently looking after heavy rain rain, pump is monitored as rain begins. managed (probable bacterial switched off and hourly during contamination) water carter rainfall. Visual called to top up check of river main tank water colour E.g. Rodents/animals Medium Partly Trees trimmed Visual Currently accessing roof so not inspection of managed (probably bacterial overhanging trees annually contamination roof E.g Taste and Low Yes Overhanging Inspection and discoloration of water branches maintenance from leaves entering trimmed. Gutter records storage tank guards installed and maintained
Step 5: Where hazards are identified, consider what could be done to improve safety and reduce the risk of those hazards. List any shortcomings in your water supply system and its management and identify what improvements should be made. Document these improvements in your risk assessment template. Step 6: Prioritise actions that need to be taken to protect the water supply and give them a priority number or time frame in the risk assessment template. Risk Assessment Template Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Hazard Risk Rank Is the Hazard If Yes what is the control? How is this control What could be done to improve safety? Timeframe for action E.g. Surface water dam – access by farm animals (potential for microbiological contamination) High No Fencing of dam Installing chlorination system 12 months 6 months E.g. River water dirty looking after heavy rain (probable bacterial contamination) High Yes After >90mm of rain, pump is switched off and water carter called to top up main tank Rain gauge monitored hourly during rainfall. Visual check of river water colour Shut off as soon as rain begins. Currently managed E.g. Rodents/animals accessing roof (probably bacterial contamination Medium Partly Trees trimmed so not overhanging roof Visual inspection of trees annually Currently managed E.g Taste and discoloration of water from leaves entering storage tank Low Yes Overhanging branches trimmed. Gutter guards installed and maintained Inspection and maintenance records
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