Risk Assessment

Identify and manage risks in the water infrastructure 

Critical infrastructure must be safeguarded against physical, technical and technological as well as cyber risks, as well as sabotage and terrorism. To build long-term and sustainable infrastructure, investors and operators need to manage these risks and operate water networks efficiently using the latest technologies.

By assessing and managing physical, technical, technological and HSE risks, TÜV SÜD supports stakeholders ensure long-term, sustainable, safe and optimised solutions for water and waste water treatment plants and networks, and desalination facilities.

Our services at a glance

Area

Service

Performance Testing

The Water Sector relies on certain key technologies, like membranes, filtration systems or sensor technologies that gain increasing importance. This progress on the technological end leads to high complexity and a lack of transparency for such capex intensive investments. Often an operator has no means of comparing various technologies and their long-term performance ex-ante. The TÜV SÜD experts provide following services for perfomance testing:

  • Long-term performance testing
  • Field testing
  • Technology Verification
  • Risk assessments
  • Technological optimization consultancy

Assessment

The criteria of our assessment services are based on your priorities. Our services inlcude:

  • Assessment based on as-is analysis
  • Comparison of findings with strategic goals
  • Quantitative Risk Analysis (QA)
  • Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
  • Event Tree Analysis (ETA)
  • Human Reliability Assessment (HRA)
  • Reliability-Availability-Maintainability-Safety (RAMS)
  • Hazard Pro
  • Cyber Security

Determining risk mitigation measures

TÜV SÜD supports in evaluating, prioritising and determining the potential savings of risk mitigation measures:

  • Specification of risk management systems
  • Preparation of Crisis and Disaster Management plans
  • Preparation of modular emergency tools
  • Recommendation of implementation sequences
  • Implementation consultancy

Evaluation of measures

Following implementation, new measures are evaluated to determine effectiveness:

  • Audit of implemented management systems
  • Assessment of new as-is status
  • System documentation

Technical and environmental due dilligence

We assist you in detecting and evaluating technical and environmental risks in plants, networks, buildings and in the soil.

  • Systmatic consideration of the acutal technology status, relevant environmental legislation and international standards
  • Development and evaluations of risk mitigation and improvement strategies 

Your benefits at a glance

  • Save money – by making astute investment decisions that ensure water infrastructure safety and security, guarantee water supply and waste water treatment availability, and increase water, energy and material efficiency.
  • Minimise risk – by establishing an effective detection and prevention system, thus reducing liabilities and increasing emergency preparedness.
  • Gain a competitive edge – by applying the most innovative and optimised water solutions.
  • Benefit from an expert partnership – with our technological expertise combined with bundled risk assessment and fault detection capabilities.
  • Access global support – with TÜV SÜD’s worldwide network and its commitment to developing the water sector in all key markets.
  • Achieve certainty, transparency and credibility – with our independent evaluation of the effectiveness of your investment decisions.