3. Assessing risks and the system's performance in controlling them

 
 

 

Questions to guide you through assessing the risk of cyanotoxin occurrence and breakthrough and your system’s performance in controlling these risks:

Questionnaire Part I:  for cyanobacterial proliferation in raw water / at recreational sites

Questionnaire Part II: for cyanotoxin intake and breakthrough in treatment

 

è Document your risk and system assessment, e.g. in the worksheet provided on the starting page of this decision support tool.

Note: assessing the risk to human health is inherently a comprehensive exercise, covering and comparing the full range of hazards encountered by exposure to water. There is benefit in undertaking this for hazards comprehensively, as most measures to control hazards will be effective against a range of them. Optimising the choice of methods therefore depends on having comprehensively assessed risks.

See è Cyanotoxins in the context of risks from other hazards for guidance on prioritising risks

 

Evaluating your assessments:       Evaluation of part I: assessment of the risk of cyanobacterial proliferation

                                                        Evaluation of part II:  assessment of the risk of cyanotoxin intake or breakthrough

 

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