Reducing the health risks from algal toxins in drinking annd

bathing waters

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EE06-IB-TWP-ESC-01

Main Activities in 6 months

• Assessment of the situation (raw water water works, bathing sites)

• Assessment of the current practise of management

• Installation of „improved“ monitoring and communication schemes and risk assessment strategies

• Analysis • Training

Activities (work plan)

1 Sampling plan

- inspection of local sites

- check of available data

- information concerning treatment trains and conditions - definition of relevant sampling points

- definition of critical points

- definition of „additional“ key parameters

- early warning function !!!

Activities (work plan)

2 Sampling and analysis of raw waters and different treatment trains

- routine parameters (link with training)

- cyanobacteria (link with training)

- cyanobacterial toxins (link with training)

- assessment of data

Activities (work plan)3 Training plan3.1 Sampling procedures

3.2 Identification of cyanobacterial blooms

and species composition

3.3 Analytical methods

3.4 Alert level frame work (ALF); Water safety plan (WSP)

link to TOXIC and PEPCY

Activities (work plan)

4 Training courses - Sampling - Identification of blooms, - Analysis of toxins - ALF and WSP

Activities (work plan)

Training – ALF and WSP

- design of ALF in the context of WSP

- discussion of ALF with staff in Tallin and Narva

Activities (work plan)

5 Documentation (working out ALF (WSP) and guidelines for surveillance and agreements

- sampling plan

- SOP´s for analysis

- Information flow

- Measures

- Documents

Activities (work plan)

6 Information seminars

- authorities

- staff of waterworks

- owners of bathing sites