Surveillance of Drinking-Water Quality

In view of efforts now being made, especially in the developing countries, to provide safe and reliable supplies of drinking water for rapidly growing urban populations and small rural communities, some basic guidelines on water quality surveillance are essential. Detailed surveillance requirements and procedures are set out in a recent WHO monograph, which has been prepared from information obtained through on-site surveys in eight countries, with Professor F.E. McJunkin of the University of North Carolina, United States of America as principal investigator, from correspondence and interviews with health and water supply officials and others, from comments and suggestions made by a panel of expert reviewers, and from reviews of the technical and scientific literature, including WHO reports and unpublished documents.