Water safety

Water Risk Rating Tool

Use the online tool to conduct a structured, specialist review of water-related risk at your site.

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External assessment tool

Use the Water Risk Rating Tool

Want to conduct a water safety review yourself? Want to to understand what causes the risk and how the risks at your location compares with other locations across the UK? 
The Water Risk Rating Tool has been created specifically to help duty holders like you evaluate public water safety. The tool is designed for inland and coastal locations. The Water Risk Rating Tool is an accurate, consistent way to evaluate water safety for the public. The tool is built upon lessons learned from conducting thousands of water safety assessments and the lessons from past incidents.  
The tool opens in a new browser tab, where you can create an account and work through your assessment; the Water Risk Rating Tool is separate from this website.

Only enter information you are authorised to share. The assessment opens on the tool’s own secure website.

Three Water Risk Rating Tool wheels comparing locations: 16% low risk, 39% low-medium risk and 50% medium risk, each split across area, water and people categories