WHO - Chemical hazards in drinking-water: background documents to the GDWQ [accessed 2022]
Description:
The website provides links to chemical background documents used to develop the guidelines for drinking-water quality.
Fact sheets (Chapter 12) are included in the GDWQ and comprehensive review documents are available for many individual chemicals. For many of these chemicals, guideline values are derived. These background documents may be accessed through the alphabetical index of chemicals on the webpage.
Guidance on management approaches for chemicals is presented in Chapter 8 of the GDWQ. This chapter also includes background information on the approaches taken to derive guideline values and analytical achievability.
Why this Tool/Guidance?
Information provided forms an authoritative basis for the setting of national regulations and standards for water safety in support of public health.
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