Rapid assessment of drinking-water quality. A handbook for implementation
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO). October 2012
- This assessment explores the quality of drinking-water from "improved" sources and was conceived to probe into the question to what extent the quality of drinking-water from "improved" sources deviates from the assumption that it is safe. Results in five pilot countries shows a wide range of conditions, from full compliance with the WHO Drinking-water Quality Guidelines to specific sources in a given country only meeting standards in 34% of the samples. The handbook describes the methods and procedures applied by WHO and UNICEF in the five countries, for adoption by any authority or institution that wants to prepare a snapshot of the quality of "improved" sources of drinking-water, as a first step towards strengthening drinking-water quality regulations.
- Geographical coverage: Global
- Main themes: Drinking water, Health, Information and data, Microbiology, Monitoring, Water quality, Water supply
- Main target audience: Community project officers, Governments, National administrations, Policy makers, Utility managers
- Main purpose: Assessment, Guidance
- Type of resource: Assessment report, Indicators, Methodology, Standards
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