National drinking water quality standards:
Australia: Drinking
Water Standards (NHMRC, 2004)
European Union: Drinking Water Directive (European Council, 1998−2003)
India: Drinking Water Specification (Indian Standard 10500, 2004)
South Africa: Water Quality Guidelines, vol. 1: Domestic Use (DWAF,
1996)
USA: Drinking Water Standards (US EPA website)
The Bonn
Charter for Safe Drinking Water (IWA, 2004−2008)
Handbook on Water Quality (UNICEF, 2008)
Protecting Groundwater for Health (WHO/IWA Publishing, 2006)
Water Quality Interventions to Prevent Diarrhoea: Cost and
Cost-Effectiveness (WHO, 2007)
Fluoride in Drinking Water (WHO/IWA Publishing, 2006)
Water Quality for Ecosystem
and Human Health (GEMS Water/UNEP, 2006)
Is there an association between bacteriological drinking
water quality and childhood diarrhoea in developing countries? (Tropical
Medicine & International Health, 2004)
Effect of
chlorination of drinking-water on water quality and childhood diarrhoea in a
village in Pakistan (Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2003)
Waterborne Disease [in industrialized countries] (USEPA, 2006)
− free-access
links to papers in the Journal of Water
and Health (vol. 4, suppl. #2)
“Estimating Disease Risks Associated
With Drinking Water Microbial Exposures”, 2006
Assessing
Microbial Safety of Drinking Water: Improving Approaches and Methods (OECD Publishing,
2003)
Listen: How safe is
your tap water? (NERC, 2008) – “One in three upset stomachs in
Britain, the US and other developed countries could be down to contaminated tap
water”.
Microbiological examination of drinking water
The Microbiology of
Drinking Water (2002) Parts 1–10 ["Report 71"] (Environment Agency [of England and Wales],
2002)
Indicators for Waterborne Pathogens (National Academies
Press, 2004) − click on ‘pdf
summary’ for free download of Executive Summary.
The fecal coliform assay, the results of which have led to
numerous misinterpretations over the years, may have outlived its usefulness (Microbe Magazine, American Society for
Microbiology, 2006)
A note of caution!
Comparative microbial character
of consumed food and drinking water (Critical
Reviews
in Microbiology, 2002) Quote: Food possesses a far greater risk than drinking
water, and
government agencies should take this fact into account when
writing
regulations.
See also: Blue
Death: Disease, Disaster, and the Water We Drink (Oneworld Publications,
2007)
