ISO 31000 notes the importance of understanding internal and external context on the risk management process. Similarly, contemporary water quality risk management frameworks include the need to understand the system from source to end point (what we refer to as S2E). We find that the ‘gold’ in risk assessments is in setting up your foundation properly – once you have a good understanding of your context, the risk assessment has much more power and you will get so much more out of it. Continue reading →