[ August 18, 2009 ]

On December 26, 2005, the Osaka City Waterworks Bureau became the first organization in Japan to receive Water Quality Testing Good Laboratory Practice (Waterworks GLP) Certification, which has guaranteed the safety of the City’s drinking water, enabling its customers to use tap water in full assurance of its quality.

The Japan Water Works Association grants Water Quality Testing Good Laboratory Practice (Waterworks GLP) Certification to guarantee the accuracy and reliability of water quality testing. To obtain this certification for water quality testing conducted by the Water Examination Laboratory of Osaka City, in September 2004 the Waterworks Bureau began to establish a water quality testing and control system that would meet the certification standards, and commenced operating the system on July 1, 2005. Subsequently, as a result of a strict certification procedure, including on-site examinations by the Waterworks GLP Certification Examination Team of the Japan Water Works Association, the Waterworks GLP Certification Committee decided to grant certification to the Waterworks Bureau, having highly evaluated the reliability and technologies of Osaka City’s drinking water quality testing.

The Waterworks Bureau continues to take all possible measures to always deliver safer and more delicious water to its customers, measures that include Advanced Water Treatment System introduction and thorough water quality testing from all angles, using leading-edge facilities and advanced testing techniques. By adopting this Waterworks GLP, the Bureau has been able to improve the level of its water quality testing and inform its customers of more reliable water quality testing results.

 

●About GLP

GLP, which stands for Good Laboratory Practice, guarantees users that testing and experimentation, including water quality testing and animal experiments for drug development, have been carried out accurately and properly. In Japan, GLP is currently used by various sectors, such as pharmaceutical, agrochemical and food hygiene sectors.

●About Waterworks GLP

Recognizing the importance of ensuring testing accuracy and the reliability of food, pharmaceutical products and drinking water, the Japan Water Works Association established Water Quality Testing Good Laboratory Practice (Waterworks GLP) so that water examination laboratories could introduce it as a means to ensure reliable testing results. The organization established the Waterworks GLP by gearing the general requirements of the ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025 international standards to the realities of drinking water quality testing by water service providers.

Reference (Japanese only)  Reference 1 (pdf, 11.22KB) See the purpose of introducing Waterworks GLP. Reference 2 (pdf, 13.81KB) See the GLP system.  You need Adobe Reader to view PDF files. If you do not have this software currently on your computer, you can download it free from the Adobe website.

 

●Certified information

(1) Applicable certification: Water Quality Testing Good Laboratory Practice Certification
(2) Certification body: Waterworks GLP Certification Committee, Japan Water Works Association
(3) Scope of certification: Water Quality Standard Items (50 items), tap water and purified water
(4) Certification number: JWWA-GLP001
(5) Date of certification: December 26, 2005
(6) Subject of certification: Water Examination Laboratory, Engineering Division, Osaka City Waterworks Bureau

 

●Positioning of Waterworks GLP

Waterworks GLP is positioned as an action program of the Osaka City Waterworks Bureau’s management reform plan.

 

Certificate award ceremony at Japan Water Works Association on Jan. 19, 2006: Masakazu Akagawa, Executive Director of JWWA (right); Akio Kondo, Director of Osaka City Waterworks Bureau (left)

 

Waterworks GLP Certificate

 

[Page FY2006 Water Quality Testing Results under Industrial Waterworks under FY2005 Water Quality Testing Results on the Osaka City Waterworks Bureau Website ends here.]