Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality: First Addendum to Third Edition (Volume 1 Recommendations)

The first and second editions of the Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality were used by developing and developed countries worldwide as the basis of regulation and standard setting to ensure the safety of drinking-water. They recognized the priority that should be given to ensuring microbial safety and provided guideline values for a large number of chemical hazards.
 
The third edition of the Guidelines was comprehensively updated to take account of developments in risk assessment and risk management.

The first addendum updates the third edition. It includes more guidance on management of emergencies and unforeseen events and additions concerning chlorination by products and developing standards for volatile substances.
 
New facts sheets are included for chloral hydrate (trichloroacetaldehyde), dichloroacetic acid, 1,1-dichloroethene, 1,4-dioxane, formaldehyde, mercury, methyl tertiarybutyl ether (MTBE), nickel, permethrin, petroleum products, trichloroethene and trihalomethanes.

Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Acronyms and abbreviations used in text
Changes to Table of contents
Changes to Preface
Changes to Acronyms and Abbreviations used in text

Changes to Chapter 1: Introduction
Changes to Chapter 2: The Guidelines: a framework for safe drinking-water
Changes to Chapter 4: Water safety plans
Changes to Chapter 6: Application of the Guidelines in specific circumstances
Changes to Chapter 7: Microbial aspects
Changes to Chapter 8: Chemical aspects
Changes to Chapter 9: Radiological aspects
Changes to Chapter 12: Chemical fact sheets

Changes to Annex 1: Bibliography
Changes to Annex 2: Contributors to the development of the Third Edition of the Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality
Changes to Annex 3: Default assumptions
Changes to Annex 4: Chemical summary tables
Changes to Index
 

Post Date : 13 Februari 2009