Drinking-water safety – challenges for community-managed systems

Drinking-water safety: challenges for community-managed systems.

A targeted review of documented waterborne disease outbreaks over the past decades reveals some recurring themes that should be understood by drinking-water suppliers. Evidence indicates the outbreaks are often linked to some significant change in conditions that provides a sudden challenge to a water system. Severe weather events, such as heavy rainfall or runoff from snow melt, as well as tre...

Emerging challenges for the drinking water industry.

Justin D. Brookes,*,† Cayelan C. Carey,‡ David P. Hamilton, Lionel Ho,†,∥ Leon van der Linden,†,∥ Robert Renner, and Anna Rigosi† †Water Research Centre, Environment Institute, School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Adelaide, 5005 South Australia, Australia ‡Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 1405 Perry Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States Environme...

Safety Assessment of Zanjan Drinking Water System Using Water Safety Plan

Background: The best way to assure the quality of drinking water is implementing a comprehensive and integrated management system with cooperation of all the related organizations Therefore, the purpose of this study is the assessment of safety in drinking water supply system of Zanjan. Methods: This investigation was performed by WSP-QA Tool software and WHO and IWA manual of water safety pla...

Drinking water quality: new challenges for an old problem.

Private drinking water supplies: challenges for public health.