The idea for the creation of the LAC-WSP-NET starts with the existing partnership between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that promote the initiative of the World Health Organization on "Water Safety Plans", as an approach to a risk evaluation and characterization taking into consideration the health-based objectives, for the improvement of drinking water quality.

For this purpose, the LAC-WSP-NET partnership has summoned other organizations to join efforts for supporting and promoting the LAC-WSP-NET organization and management, that was initially gather together, besides the PAHO/CDC/EPA partnership, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS) and the International Water Association (IWA).

The LAC-WSP-NET main aim is to improve safety in the drinking water supply systems in the Latin American and the Caribbean Region through an accelerated development and implementation of the Water Safety Plans

The mechanism that will be used by the LAC-WSP-NET for the development of these activities is its Strategic Plan 2008-2010 to fulfill the four objectives: advocacy, communication, research and implementation through its Action Plan for the initial implementation of some activities already funded, to promote the WSP development and implementation within our Region with a wide participation of the Network Members. The Strategic Plan 2008-2010 (draft) and Action Plan 2008-2009 have been reviewed by representatives of 12 countries of the LAC Region, at the meeting held in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, from 9 to 10 April 2008, to discuss and establish work commitments in order to achieve the objectives established for the Net within its Action Plan and the official launch at the XXXI AIDIS Sanitary Engineering and Environment Congress in Santiago de Chile, from 12 to 15 October 2008.