Drinking Water Safety Plans: Water Authority Fiji Read more about Drinking Water Safety Plans: Water Authority Fiji Mosese Nariva and Daiana Legalega shared Water Authority Fiji's six-year journey to embed 55 drinking WSPs in Fiji, and their current task of ensuring the documents are kept relevant, up-to-date, and effective. They emphasized the importance of examining the unique risk for each element of the drinking water supply, as they can change according to catchment surroundings, treatment systems, storage, and distribution.
Mosese Nariva Keywords water sanitation Fiji WASH ADB Pacific Read more about Mosese Nariva Mosese Nariva is the Manager for Laboratories & Water Treatment for the Water Authority of Fiji. He manages 55 Water Treatment Plant throughout the country, 2 regional water quality labs, and the National Lab based in Suva. He spent the last 7 years with the Water Authority of Fiji. He graduated from UNESCO IHE in Delft, the Netherlands with M.Sc. in Water Management in 2018.
Daiana Legalega Keywords water sanitation Fiji WASH ADB Pacific Read more about Daiana Legalega Daiana Legalega spent the last 7 years at the Water Authority of Fiji. Started as an Environment Officer in 2014 and appointed in 2016 as a Technical Officer for Water Safety Plan. She has compiled Water Safety Plans for all 55 Water Treatment Plants in Fiji and 11 Wastewater Safety Plan. She has started her review last year and currently in progress. She has a Bachelor of Environmental Science and Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Conservation and Climate Change from Fiji National University.
Water Safety Plans for Building Resilience in the Pacific Read more about Water Safety Plans for Building Resilience in the Pacific Clara Laydon set the scene with a comprehensive overview of the principles and objectives of a WSP and walked through the process of developing a WSP. Clara also brought to light the many short- and long-term benefits of developing a WSP, which are not just limited to ensuring safe water quality, but can benefit the utility through knowledge gathering and sharing, centralizing information for ease of access, bringing about long-term behavioral change, and increasing resilience of the water supply system to shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clara Laydon Keywords water sanitation WASH ADB Pacific Read more about Clara Laydon Clara Laydon from HH2O has been in the water industry for over 15 years and has been involved in a wide range of projects. Over her time in the water industry, Clara has become specialized in working with regional utilities as well as small private water suppliers in creating Water Safety Plans. Clara has extensive experience in reviewing water treatment operations and management against the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (ADWG) and the Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling (AGWR).
Improving Services to Customers in the Pacific: Condition Assessments Read more about Improving Services to Customers in the Pacific: Condition Assessments The workshop was based on the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) manual Condition Assessment and Asset Performance Guidelines – Water Supply and Sewerage. This document dealt with the management of water and sewer assets. The following topics were discussed:
Water Safety Plans, Building Long Term Cultural Change and Resilience to Pandemics Read more about Water Safety Plans, Building Long Term Cultural Change and Resilience to Pandemics Water Safety Plans provide the building blocks for creating safe water supply systems for our communities. If implemented using an engagement model it can be used to build resilience in water operations and create long-term sustainable improvements as well as resilience when unexpected events do occur.
Presentations: Strategies for Supplying Water to Informal Areas and Handwashing in Public Places Read more about Presentations: Strategies for Supplying Water to Informal Areas and Handwashing in Public Places In this presentation, the speakers, share insights on handwashing and water supply in informal areas, the set-up of handwashing facilities, and how to integrate WASH in utility networks.
John Dennis Keywords WASH water sanitation ADB Pacific Read more about John Dennis John Dennis is the Senior Consultant at Environmental Health Consulting (NZ) Ltd, specializing in national and regional level WASH strategic planning, risk management planning (DWSP, SSP and WASH-SP), behavior change (WASH), and COVID-19 health protection programs for business. He has undertaken contracts for numerous NGO's and development organizations e.g. WHO, SPC, UNOPs, ADB, etc.
Seru Soderberg Keywords WASH Pacific water sanitation utility Read more about Seru Soderberg Seru Soderberg is an experienced production supervisor with a demonstrated history of working in the utility industry. He is skilled in budgeting, analytical skills, construction, and management. He has a strong operations professional with a Diploma in Civil Engineering focused in Civil Engineering from Fijis Institute of Technology.