In 1999, Georgia signed the ⁠UNECE⁠ Convention on Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes as well as the Protocol on Water and Health. One of the Protocol goals is the protection of human health from waterborne disease and ensuring well-being in the framework of sustainable development in all the relevant national, transboundary and international contexts.

In the scope of the pilot project “Support to the introduction of ecological management of water protection zones as a first step to the introduction of Water Safety Plans in small scale water supply systems in Dusheti and Marneuli districts in Georgia” a baseline assessment of drinking-water quality was carried out and sanitary risks for water contamination identified. Based on findings, recommendations for further action were developed.