Havelaar, A;
Blumenthal, U;
Strauss, M;
Kay, D;
Bartram, J;
(2001)
Guidelines: the current position.
In: Fewtrell, L; Bartram, J, (eds.)
Water quality: guidelines, standards and health: assessment of risk and risk management for water-related infectious disease.
IWA publishing, pp. 17-42.
https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/17827
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The setting of guidelines is a key normative function of the World Health Organisation. This chapter examines the development of the current water-related WHO guidelines. Within the area of water, microbiology and guideline setting there are three distinct but related areas, namely:
- drinking water;
- wastewater reuse; and
- recreational water.
The following explores the background to the current guidelines, highlighting the different pathways to their formation
