Photo By Petty Officer 3rd Class Madailein Abbott | 170817-N-WJ640-009 SINGAPORE (Aug. 17, 2017) The Singapore Area Coordinator recently...... read more read more
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The Singapore Area Coordinator recently had its water system for U.S. facilitates qualify with a full certificate to operate. This is the first overseas installation water system in the U.S. Navy to attain this certification.
This certification establishes that the water system standards are in line with a Chief of Naval Operations order directing that protocols and procedures be implemented, to ensure overseas installations have drinking water that meets or exceeds the United States water quality standards.
As part of the U.S. Navy's commitment to ensure safe and clean drinking water for the fleet, Sailors, and the public on all U.S. naval facilities, new policies and regulations were implemented which require every water system to acquire a certificate to operate (CTO) and require water system operators to be certified through training and testing.
The U.S. Overseas Drinking Water (ODW) Program was implemented and overseas water systems have been accommodating their facilities to adhere to the regulations.
In 2014, a Sanitary Survey was performed at the Singapore Area Coordinator (SAC) by members of the Navy’s Water Quality Oversight Council, the governing body for ODW program, and was instructed to fix deficiencies in order to receive a CTO as required by the Overseas Drinking Water Program.
“A sanitary survey team goes out to each of these water systems throughout the fleet once every three years to do an audit of the system,” said Chantry Davis, SAC Environmental Program Director. “During this inspection they report the number of deficiencies the water system has which don’t meet regulatory standards. Our last sanitary survey was in 2014 where we had 21 total deficiencies identified by the team, seven of which were considered ‘significant’ and which required corrective action before we were able to receive the Full CTO.”
“Over the past three years we’ve improved the distribution system and corrected the crucial seven ‘significant’ deficiencies which have allowed us to get the CTO,” said Davis. “We’re actually the first overseas organization in the Navy to apply for full CTO. Luckily we are in a smaller location as some installations are much larger and have more complicated distribution systems so it can be very difficult to get this certification.”
Certification also represents a clear path forward for overseas installations, ensuring that their water systems meet or exceed water standards in the U.S. while standardizing the goals and milestones necessary to maintain that objective.
| Date Taken: | 08.17.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 08.17.2017 21:29 |
| Story ID: | 245197 |
| Location: | SG |
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