This report by the World Health Organisation provides a structured approach to analysing hazards to groundwater quality, assessing the risk they may cause for a specific supply, setting priorities in addressing these, and developing management strategies for their control. For health professionals, it thus is a tool for access to environmental information needed for such a process and for professionals from other sectors, it gives a point of entry for understanding health aspects of groundwater management.
The report is divided into the following sections:
Section 1: Scientific background
Section 2: Understanding the drinking water catchment
Section 3: Situation analysis
Section 4: Approaches to drinking water source protection management
Section 5: Approaches to pollution source management
Download the report sections from below:
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