Sanitation safety planning (first edition)

This 2015 version of the sanitation safety panning manual has been superseded by the 2022 version.  The 2022 version has been simplified, aligned with the WHO guidelines on sanitation and health and updated to strengthen climate risk assessment.

Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP) is a step-by-step risk based approach to assist in the implementation of local level risk assessment and management for the sanitation service chain - from containment, conveyance, treatment and end use of disposal. SSP support the implementation of the WHO Guidelines on sanitation and Health and the WHO Guidelines for Safe Use of Wastewater, Excreta and Greywater. The SSP process coordinates stakeholders along the sanitation chain and prioritizes improvements and system monitoring based on health risk. The SSP manual is primarily targeted at local level authorities and can also be used by regulators, wastewater utilities, sanitation-based enterprises, community-based organizations, farmers associations and NGOs.