The potential to increase consistency in approaches to assessment and management of water-related microbial hazards was tackled by an international group of experts concerned with drinking water, irrigation and wastewater use and recreational/bathing water. It included individuals with expertise in public health, epidemiology, risk assessment, risk management, standards and regulation, communication and economics. Subsequently, a series of reviews was progressively developed and refined, which addressed the principal issues of concern linking water and health to the establishment of implemenation of effective, affordable and efficient guidelines and standards. This book is based on these reviews, together with the discussions of the harmonized framework that was proposed to improve consistency between guidelines and the issues surrounding it. This book should prove useful to all those concerned with issues relating to microbial water quality and health, including environmental and public health scientists, water scientists, policy makers and regulators.
Author(s): World Health Organization, Lorna Fewtrell, Jamie Bartram
Publisher: World Health Organization
Year: 2001
Language: English
Commentary: 43999
Pages: 439
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 11
Disclaimer......Page 15
1 Harmonised assessment of risk and risk management for water-related infectious disease: an overview......Page 16
2 Guidelines: the current position......Page 32
3 The Global Burden of Disease study and applications in water, sanitation and hygiene......Page 58
4 Endemic and epidemic infectious intestinal disease and its relationship to drinking water......Page 76
5 Excreta-related infections and the role of sanitation in the control of transmission......Page 104
6 Disease surveillance and waterborne outbreaks......Page 130
7 Epidemiology: a tool for the assessment of risk......Page 150
8 Risk assessment......Page 176
9 Quality audit and the assessment of waterborne risk......Page 200
10 Acceptable Risk......Page 222
11 A public health perspective for establishing water-related guidelines and standards......Page 244
12 Management strategies......Page 272
13 Indicators of microbial water quality......Page 304
14 Risk communication......Page 332
15 Economic evaluation and priority-setting in water and sanitation interventions......Page 348
16 Implementation of guidelines: some practical aspects......Page 376
17 Regulation of microbiological quality in the water cycle......Page 392
18 Framework for guidelines development in practice......Page 410
B......Page 428
D......Page 429
E......Page 430
F......Page 431
H......Page 432
M......Page 433
P......Page 434
R......Page 435
S......Page 437
W......Page 438
Y......Page 439
