Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
of Food Safety and Security (Non-Packaged Drinking Water) Regulations 2025
Regulation 10
What is risk management plan
Subregulation 1
A risk management plan for the drinking water service to which a drinking water quality management plan applies is a document —
that identifies the hazards and risks to the quality of the drinking water supplied or to be supplied in the course of providing that drinking water service, including emerging or potential hazards and risks;
that assesses those hazards and risks identified under sub‑paragraph (a);
that sets out the steps to be taken to manage, control or eliminate those hazards and risks identified in the risk management plan, including the development and implementation of preventative strategies to ensure that the supply of drinking water complies with the applicable requirements of the Act mentioned in regulation 9(c);
that identifies how the supply of drinking water in the course of the drinking water service will be monitored to ensure that the supply of drinking water complies with the applicable requirements of the Act mentioned in regulation 9(c);
that contains the following information:
the positions held by the WQMP water provider’s employees responsible for managing those hazards and risks identified in the risk management plan;
the identity particulars of each employee in sub‑paragraph (i) and each employee’s telephone number, email address and contact address;
that sets out details of the requirements for training of personnel who are employed or engaged by the WQMP water provider, as they relate to the monitoring and management of the hazards and risks identified in the risk management plan, including policies, standards and guidelines that are imposed or adopted by the WQMP water provider;
that sets out details of the infrastructure and other features of the system of supply that are designed to assist in the management of the hazards and risks to the quality of the drinking water that are identified in the risk management plan, including the method by which the effectiveness of the infrastructure and other features is verified;
that sets out details of the activities undertaken, and measures taken, to monitor and manage hazards and risks to the quality of the water that are identified in the risk management plan, including any methods by which the effectiveness of the activities and measures are verified;
that sets out details of procedures and management systems for —
ensuring that the amount and purity of chemicals added to drinking water does not adversely affect the quality of that water or pose a risk to human health; and
controlling any residue or chemical by‑products imparted to drinking water as a result of the addition of chemicals to water supplied for drinking purposes;
that contains all the following information if the risk management plan is prepared by a WQMP provider that operates and maintains drinking water treatment processes:
all critical control points in the drinking water treatment processes;
the critical limits relevant to each critical control point that is detailed in the risk management plan;
any actions, procedures, processes, policies, standards or guidelines that are applied when a critical limit is reached;
that includes a multi‑barrier approach to drinking water safety that will be implemented as part of the risk management plan; and
that sets out —
monitoring and testing requirements associated with the quality of the drinking water (called a monitoring program) in accordance with regulation 11; and
incident identification, notification and response procedures (called an incident identification and notification protocol) in accordance with regulation 12.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(j) —
Definition
“critical control point” means an activity, procedure or process at which control can be applied, where the effective operation of that control is essential to prevent a hazard that may arise to human health or reduce the hazard to an acceptable level;
Definition
“critical limit”, in relation to a critical control point, means the value or limit at which the critical control point will cease operating effectively and that risk to human health arising from the drinking water being treated may not be effectively managed.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(k), a multi‑barrier approach to drinking water safety is one that the Agency considers will —
prevent hazards from entering the raw water;
remove particles, pathogens, and chemical and radiological hazards from the water;
kill or inactivate pathogens in the water; and
maintain the quality of the water in the reticulation system.