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Drinking water quality

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Contaminated drinking water contributes to disease in developing and developed countries worldwide.

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WHO's guidelines for drinking-water quality
which are the international reference point for drinking water quality regulation and standard setting

Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage

Small community water supply management

Utility-managed water supplies

Other information that may be of interest

Chemical safety of drinking-water: Assessing priorities for risk management

Water, sanitation and hygiene links to health: Facts and figures updated November 2004

Emerging issues in water and infectious disease

Water quality - Guidelines, standards and health: Assessment of risk and risk management for water-related infectious diseases

Quantifying public health risks in the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality [pdf 307kb]

Downloadable training materials in drinking-water quality

Information on drinking-water quality and infectious disease transmission and prevention

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