2. Module 1 Assemble the WSP team
Session Structure
Overview
Actions
Challenges
Outputs
Exercises

3. Module 1 Assemble the WSP team
Overview
Engage senior management
Identify required expertise
Appoint team leader
Define time frame
A WSP team should be formed to own and lead WSP development and implementation efforts and to advocate the approach to those connected with the safety of the water supply
Define roles and responsibilities

4. Module 1 Assemble the WSP team
Actions: Engage senior management
Why do we need it?
To support changes in work practices
To provide financial and resource support
How can we generate it?
Showcase the benefits of WSP
Highlight if there is a legal requirement

5. Module 1 Assemble the WSP team
Actions: Identify required expertise and size
Skills and experience
Hazard identification and risk assessment
Knowledge of the supply chain:
Authority to implement change
Identify need for external stakeholders/consultants
Size of team depends on organization size and system complexity
Catchment
Treatment
Distribution
User

6. Module 1 Assemble the WSP team
Actions: Appoint a team leader
Needed to ensure focus
Authority, organizational and interpersonal skills
Ability to secure external support if needed
Partnering arrangements
National or international assistance programmes
Resources (e.g. the Internet)

7. Module 1 Assemble the WSP team
Actions: Define roles and responsibilities
Should be clearly defined and documented
Document WSP-related activities and who will be responsible
WSP team and stakeholder identification forms
Name
Affiliation
Title
Role within team
Contact information
Name of employee
Organization
Job title
What is the employee responsible for?
Telephone number and address

8. Module 1 Assemble the WSP team
Actions: Define time frame
Initial development = considerable time input
Time spent in field increases
Reliance on the results of routine lab tests decreases
Once WSP established, time input decreases
Time input
Time

9. Module 1 Assemble the WSP team
Challenges
Finding skilled personnel
Organizing the workload
Identifying and engaging external stakeholders
Keeping the team together
Effective communication

10. Module 1 Assemble the WSP team
Outputs
An experienced, multidisciplinary skill-set
Understanding of the components of the system
Be well placed to assess risks
Have an understanding of the health-based targets that need to be achieved
Expertise to confirm whether the system can meet relevant standards

11. Module 1 Assemble the WSP team
Exercises
In small groups
List an “ideal” WSP team from your utility (real people, see workbook for details that should be recorded)
What other information would you record?
Is expertise missing, and if so, what areas of expertise are needed and how would you source this?
Are there external stakeholders that should be approached?
25 minutes

12. Module 1 Assemble the WSP team
Summary of WSP stage 1 – Preparation
Preliminary actions, including assembling the team (Module 1)
Engage senior management, identify required expertise and appropriate size of the team, appoint team leader, define roles and responsibilities and define a time frame