Fieldworker guidance
Rolling revision of the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality
Fieldworker guidance is included in the plan of work of the rolling revision of the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality.
Background
It was suggested, prior to the Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality Working Group meeting (Geneva, 2004), that there is a lack of guidance for field staff in undertaking surveillance or monitoring activities in the field. Documents such as Volume 3 remain largely in the office of managers and are not routinely consulted by those staff actually undertaking the work in the field. A simple practical guide (covering microbiology as well as field analysis of arsenic, fluoride and some other key chemicals) would add significant value to the Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality suite of materials and would provide field staff with very useful materials.
Expected end-product(s)
A simple practical WHO guide providing fieldworker guidance
Progress to date
The Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality Working Group meeting (Geneva, 2004) agreed in principle to the need for a guide and agreed to review a brief (e.g., two-page) outline. The Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality Working Group meeting (Geneva, 2005) requested that such an outline be prepared and distributed to the Working Groups for approval.