Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality by World Health Organization

Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality by World Health Organization

The Guidelines for Drinking-water Qualityis one of the longest-standing normative publications of WHO. They provide an evidence-based point of departure for standard setting and regulation as a basis for health protection. They include an assessment of the health risks presented by the various microbial, chemical, radiological and physical constituents that may be present in drinking-water. Where applicable, they derive maximum concentration guideline values for these hazardous constituents.

In the spirit of primary prevention, the Guidelinesrecommend pro-active efforts to assess and reduce health risks. They have evolved from a prescriptive document, which established international standards for end-of-pipe water quality, into a normative best practice manual on drinking-water management.

The Guidelines for Drinking-water Qualityare recognized as the UN system's official position on drinking-water quality. The European Commission and Japan use the Guidelinesas the scientific point of departure for their drinking-water directive and drinking-water quality standards, respectively; the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines are based on the WHO guidelines, while the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and Canada's Health Canada actively observe and participate in the WHO guidelines development and updating process.

This fourth edition of the Guidelinesfocuses primarily on consolidating and clarifying the changes introduced in the third edition and its addenda, especially those aspects on good management practices, as well as incorporating revised or new risk assessments for various chemical and microbial hazards.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9789241548151
ISBN 10	9241548150
Title	Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality
Author	World Health Organization
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	World Health Organization
Year published	2011-03-21
Number of pages	564
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.