Hi Gloria, There are ...

Hi Gloria,

There are obviously many ways to develop the standards, with different time and costs implications. My advise would be to adjust existing international standards to your local conditions. That would require some initial work but might lead to a better outcome. Whoever you engage to help you to develop the standards will need to establish the list of local stakeholders and conduct the stakeholders consultations on your behalf. A number of stakeholders consultation workshops willl be required. Potable water guidelines would most likely be different from recyled water gudelines and definately different to the waterwater treatment. All standards would need to be based on risks identification, assessmenent and multiple barriers mitigation approach. All these sound simple (and is simple in theory) but could be a bit more involved in practice. In any case my advise is - do not blindly copy the international standards - it can lead to more complications (costswise and compliance) down the track. No need to reinvent the wheel - but some adjustments to cater for local conditions would be required. Hope my advise is somewhat helpful. Kind Regards, Iouri