Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP) Toolkit
Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP) Toolkit
The WHO's six-module Sanitation Safety Planning method, set out as a system a utility or municipality can actually run.
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By document type
| Category | Files |
|---|---|
| Manuals | 1 |
| Policies | 1 |
| Procedures & SOPs | 16 |
| Forms & Records | 18 |
| Checklists & Audit Tools | 9 |
| Registers, Logs & Matrices | 7 |
| Training & Awareness | 4 |
| Guides & Work Instructions | 7 |
Key documents
| Reference | Document | Format |
|---|---|---|
| AGS-SSP-QM-001 | Sanitation Safety Management System Manual | Word |
| AGS-SSP-POL-001 | Sanitation Safety Policy | Word |
| AGS-SSP-PR-010 | SSP Module 3 — Hazard Identification & Exposure Risk Assessment | Word |
| AGS-SSP-PR-012 | SSP Module 5 — Operational Monitoring & Verification | Word |
| AGS-SSP-FM-008 | Semi-Quantitative Risk Assessment Table | Word |
| AGS-SSP-RC-002 | Risk Assessment Master Register | Word |
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Overview
Sanitation Safety Planning is the World Health Organization's risk-based approach to public health across the whole sanitation service chain — toilet, containment, emptying, transport, treatment, and the end use or disposal of wastewater and excreta. This system turns the six SSP modules into documented practice: chartering the team, describing the system with process maps and waste-fraction characterisation, identifying hazards and hazardous events, assessing exposure groups against semi-quantitative likelihood-by-severity matrices, planning incremental improvement, and running operational monitoring and verification through to periodic review.
Around that core sits the governance that holds a plan together: a sanitation safety policy and a manual fixing scope, boundaries and team structure, control of documented information, competence, stakeholder engagement, emergency and outbreak response, internal audit, management review and corrective action. Guidance covers biological, chemical and physical hazards, exposure and transmission routes, control measures and health-based targets, and safe wastewater reuse in agriculture, alongside an alignment guide and audit checklist referencing Codex CXG 82.
What this system covers
- System description and flow mapping — containment, emptying, transport, treatment and end use, with waste fraction characterisation
- Hazard identification and exposure risk assessment — hazardous-event registers, exposure groups, semi-quantitative scoring
- Control measures and health-based targets — selection, assessment and validation against the exposures they interrupt
- Incremental improvement planning — risk-prioritised operational and capital actions, tracked to closure
- Operational monitoring and verification — monitoring plans, compliance monitoring, results logs, field sanitary inspection
- Worker and community protection — health, hygiene and PPE for sanitation workers, farmers and exposed communities
- Supporting programmes and periodic review — training and competence, internal audit, management review, corrective action
Who it's for
Written for water and sanitation utilities, municipal sanitation departments, treatment-plant operators, reuse programme managers and their consultants — usually when a regulator, health authority or development partner asks how sanitation health risks are being managed, or when a treated-water or biosolids reuse agenda needs a defensible basis. The result is a documented SSP: a named team, a mapped system, a scored risk register, validated controls and a monitoring regime that can be shown, audited and improved year on year.
Everything you get
Every toolkit gives you a full set of working documents for your standard, ready to edit and use.
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Frequently asked questions
What exactly do I receive?
A downloadable ZIP containing the full set of ready-to-use documents for this toolkit — manuals, procedures, forms, records, checklists, guidance and training material, all in editable Word and Excel format. The exact document count is shown at the top of this page.
Are the documents really editable?
Yes. Every file is native Microsoft Word or Excel — no locked PDFs. Add your logo, change wording, and tailor the content to your organisation. The toolkit is yours to keep and reuse.
Does this certify my organisation?
No. These are documentation toolkits aligned to the relevant standard to help you prepare. Certification itself is issued by an accredited certification body after their audit. Our toolkits give you a strong, audit-ready starting point.
How is it delivered?
Instantly and digitally. There's no physical shipment — you download the files right after payment and receive a backup link by email.
Do I get updates?
Yes, for 12 months. Fixes and revisions to this toolkit are free for 12 months from your order. Email us with your order number to get them.
What is your refund policy?
If a document is wrong, missing or not as described, tell us within 14 days of your order. We fix it or refund you. If you have not downloaded yet, we can cancel the order and refund you in full. We don't refund a change of mind after download. See the Refund policy.
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