Protecting the professionals who produce sustainable supplies of high-quality drinking water is of utmost importance. This manual focuses on protecting a utility’s most valuable resource—its employees— by ensuring a safe environment in which to work and establishing a workplace safety program.

With this edition, M3 provides a renewed focus on safety guidance and procedures, including updated content on prevention through design, regulatory drivers, improved contractor safety management guidance, and updated checklists for common hazards and safety programs. The manual can be used as general guidance for water utility personnel who have the responsibility of developing a utility health and safety program. Supplementary information and tools to use in developing a utility health and safety program are provided, including Sample Checklists, Site Inspection Forms, Common Hazards and Controls, and Job Safety Analyses. Print and PDF options are available.