energies Article Functional Safety Concept to Support Hazard Assessment and Risk Management in Water-Supply Systems Barbara Tchórzewska-Cie´slak 1 , Katarzyna Pietrucha-Urbanik 1,* and Mohamed Eid 2 1 Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Systems, Faculty of Civil, Environmental Engineering and Architecture, Rzeszow University of Technology, Al. Powstancow Warszawy 6, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +48-17-865-1703 Abstract: Within the frame of upgrading and modernisation of the Water Supply System (WSS), our work is focussing on the safety systems/devices implemented or that should be implemented in the WSS. The implementation of safety systems is supposed to reduce hazard occurrence and hazardous consequences in case of a WSS unsafe disruption. To assess this reduction, we preconise the use of the safety integrity levels standards. The implementation of the safety systems/devices is undertaken on the ground of the multi-barriers safeguard approach. The “Water Contamination Hazard” is considered in the paper. A case study is presented, assessed and conclusions are drawn. The methodology presented in the paper and the results of the case study assessment will contribute to the decision-making regarding the upgrading of the safety and the performance of the WSS. Keywords: functional safety; risk; failure analysis Citation: Tchórzewska-Cie´slak,B.; Pietrucha-Urbanik, K.; Eid, M. Functional Safety Concept to Support Hazard Assessment and Risk 1.