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Title Training workbook on water safety plans for urban systems
Published Manila, Philippines : World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 78 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Copyright; Acknowledgement; Foreword; Table of contents; 1. The Broader Context of a WSP: Water Safety Framework; 2. Before Starting: Foundations of WSP; 3. System Assessment; 4. Hazard Identification & Risk Prioritization; 5. Operational Monitoring to Support Risk Management; 6. Verification; 7. Supporting Programmes and Management Procedures; Documentation
Summary Every year, thousands of deaths due to diarrhea, cholera, typhoid and other gastrointestinal diseases have been attributed to poor water, sanitation and hygiene not just in this region but globally. Diarrheal diseases could be avoided if water suppliers would ensure the safety of drinking water from source to consumer. Guided by the national drinking water regulations, the health-based targets of maximum allowable concentration for microbiological, chemical, physical and radiological parameters in drinking water could be achieved through the application of the multiple barrier approach to risk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Municipal water supply.
Water quality management.
Water -- Purification.
Risk management.
Water Supply -- standards
Risk Management
Water Purification
water quality management.
risk management.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply.
Municipal water supply
Water -- Purification
Water quality management
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals
Form Electronic book
Author World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific.
LC no. 2010484124
ISBN 9789290614975
9290614978