This report describes the process of implementation of Water Safety Plans in Bangladesh since 2004. The focus of attention has been on rural water supplies, although there has also been some experience with Pourshava piped water supplies. The World Health Organization (WHO) issued the 3rd edition of their Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality in 2004 recommending that Water Safety Plans (WSPs) should be introduced in all water supplies as a key component of water safety management. The water supply sector in Bangladesh has taken this up and the major rural and small town water supply programmes have made commitments to implement water safety plans in their future programmes. In order for WSPs to be utilised effectively in Bangladesh, the general guidance available from WHO (WHO, 2004; Davison et al., 2005) needed to be modified to reflect local conditions.
