Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality

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Volume 1

Recommendations

Preface xv

Acknowledgements xviii

Acronyms and abbreviations used in text xx

1. Introduction 1

1.1 General considerations and principles 1

1.1.1 Microbial aspects 3

1.1.2 Disinfection 5

1.1.3 Chemical aspects 6

1.1.4 Radiological aspects 7

1.1.5 Acceptability aspects 7

1.2 Roles and responsibilities in drinking-water safety management 8

1.2.1 Surveillance and quality control 8

1.2.2 Public health authorities 10

1.2.3 Local authorities 11

1.2.4 Water resource management 12

1.2.5 Drinking-water supply agencies 13

1.2.6 Community management 14

1.2.7 Water vendors 15

1.2.8 Individual consumers 15

1.2.9 Certification agencies 16

1.2.10 Plumbing 17

1.3 Supporting documentation to the Guidelines 18

2. The Guidelines: a framework for safe drinking-water 22

2.1 Framework for safe drinking-water: requirements 22

2.1.1 Health-based targets 24

2.1.2 System assessment and design 25

2.1.3 Operational monitoring 26

2.1.4 Management plans, documentation and communication 27

2.1.5 Surveillance of drinking-water quality 28

2.2 Guidelines for verification 29

2.2.1 Microbial water quality 29

2.2.2 Chemical water quality 30

2.3 National drinking-water policy 31

2.3.1 Laws, regulations and standards 31

2.3.2 Setting national standards 32

2.4 Identifying priority drinking-water quality concerns 34

2.4.1 Assessing microbial priorities 35

2.4.2 Assessing chemical priorities 35

3. Health-based targets 37

3.1 Role and purpose of health-based targets 37

3.2 Types of health-based targets 39

3.2.1 Specified technology targets 41

3.2.2 Performance targets 41

3.2.3 Water quality targets 42

3.2.4 Health outcome targets 43

3.3 General considerations in establishing health-based targets 43

3.3.1 Assessment of risk in the framework for safe drinking-water 44

3.3.2 Reference level of risk 44

3.3.3 Disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) 45

4. Water safety plans 48

4.1 System assessment and design 51

4.1.1 New systems 52

4.1.2 Collecting and evaluating available data 53

4.1.3 Resource and source protection 56

4.1.4 Treatment 59

4.1.5 Piped distribution systems 61

4.1.6 Non-piped, community and household systems 64

4.1.7 Validation 67

4.1.8 Upgrade and improvement 67

4.2 Operational monitoring and maintaining control 68

4.2.1 Determining system control measures 68

4.2.2 Selecting operational monitoring parameters 68

4.2.3 Establishing operational and critical limits 70

4.2.4 Non-piped, community and household systems 71

4.3 Verification 71

4.3.1 Verification of microbial quality 72

4.3.2 Verification of chemical quality 73

4.3.3 Water sources 73

4.3.4 Piped distribution systems 74

4.3.5 Verification for community-managed supplies 74

4.3.6 Quality assurance and quality control 75

4.4 Management procedures for piped distribution systems 76

4.4.1 Predictable incidents (“deviations”) 77

4.4.2 Unforeseen events 77

4.4.3 Emergencies 78

4.4.4 Deleted in first addendum to third edition]

4.4.5 Preparing a monitoring plan 80

4.4.6 Supporting programmes 80

4.5 Management of community and household water supplies 81

4.6 Documentation and communication 82

5. Surveillance 84

5.1 Types of approaches 85

5.1.1 Audit 86

5.1.2 Direct assessment 87

5.2 Adapting approaches to specific circumstances 88

5.2.1 Urban areas in developing countries 88

5.2.2 Surveillance of community drinking-water supplies 88

5.2.3 Surveillance of household treatment and storage systems 89

5.3 Adequacy of supply 90

5.3.1 Quantity (service level) 90

5.3.2 Accessibility 91

5.3.3 Affordability 92

5.3.4 Continuity 92

5.4 Planning and implementation 93

5.5 Reporting and communicating 95

5.5.1 Interaction with community and consumers 96

5.5.2 Regional use of data 96

6. Application of the Guidelines in specific circumstances 99

6.1 Large buildings 99

6.1.1 Health risk assessment 100

6.1.2 System assessment 100

6.1.3 Management 101

6.1.4 Monitoring 101

6.1.5 Independent surveillance and supporting programmes 102

6.1.6 Drinking-water quality in health care facilities 102

6.1.7 Drinking-water quality in schools and day care centres 103

6.2 Emergencies and disasters 104

6.2.1 Practical considerations 105

6.2.2 Monitoring 106

6.2.3 Microbial guidelines 107

6.2.4 Sanitary inspections and catchment mapping 108

6.2.5 Chemical and radiological guidelines 108

6.2.6 Testing kits and laboratories 109

6.3 Safe drinking-water for travellers 109

6.4 Desalination systems 111

6.5 Packaged drinking-water 113

6.5.1 Safety of packaged drinking-water 113

6.5.2 Potential health benefits of bottled drinking-water 114

6.5.3 International standards for bottled drinking-water 114

6.6 Food production and processing 115

6.7 Aircraft and airports 116

6.7.1 Health risks 116

6.7.2 System risk assessment 116

6.7.3 Operational monitoring 116

6.7.4 Management 117

6.7.5 Surveillance 117

6.8 Ships 117

6.8.1 Health risks 117

6.8.2 System risk assessment 118

6.8.3 Operational monitoring 119

6.8.4 Management 119

6.8.5 Surveillance 120

7. Microbial aspects 121

7.1 Microbial hazards associated with drinking-water 121

7.1.1 Waterborne infections 121

7.1.2 Persistence and growth in water 124

7.1.3 Public health aspects 125

7.2 Health-based target setting 126

7.2.1 Health-based targets applied to microbial hazards 126

7.2.2 Risk assessment approach 126

7.2.3 Risk-based performance target setting 131

7.2.4 Presenting the outcome of performance target development 133

7.2.5 Issues in adapting risk-based performance target setting to national/local circumstances 133

7.2.6 Health outcome targets 134