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Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality
FIRST ADDENDUM TO THIRD EDITION
Volume 1 Recommendations

WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data World Health Organization. Guidelines for drinking-water quality [electronic resource] : incorporating first addendum. Vol. 1, Recommendations. – 3rd ed. Electronic version for the Web. 1.Potable water – standards. 2.Water – standards. 3.Water quality –standards. 4.Guidelines. I. Title. ISBN 92 4 154696 4 (NLM classification: WA 675)

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Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms and abbreviations used in text 1. Introduction 1.1 General considerations and principles 1.1.1 Microbial aspects 1.1.2 Disinfection 1.1.3 Chemical aspects 1.1.4 Radiological aspects1.1.5 Acceptability aspects 1.2 Roles and responsibilities in drinking-water safety management 1.2.1 Surveillance and quality control 1.2.2 Public health authorities 1.2.3 Local authorities 1.2.4 Water resource management 1.2.5 Drinking-water supply agencies 1.2.6 Community management 1.2.7 Water vendors 1.2.8 Individual consumers 1.2.9 Certification agencies 1.2.10 Plumbing 1.3 Supportingdocumentation to the Guidelines 2. The Guidelines: a framework for safe drinking-water 2.1 Framework for safe drinking-water: requirements 2.1.1 Health-based targets 2.1.2 System assessment and design 2.1.3 Operational monitoring 2.1.4 Management plans, documentation and communication 2.1.5 Surveillance of drinking-water quality
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Guidelines for verification 2.2.1 Microbial water quality 2.2.2 Chemical water quality National drinking-water policy 2.3.1 Laws, regulations and standards 2.3.2 Setting national standards Identifying priority drinking-water quality concerns 2.4.1 Assessing microbial priorities 2.4.2 Assessing chemical priorities

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3. Health-based targets 3.1 Role and purpose of health-based targets 3.2 Types of health-based targets 3.2.1 Specified technology targets 3.2.2 Performance targets 3.2.3 Water quality targets 3.2.4 Health outcome targets 3.3 General considerations in establishing health-based targets...