Chemical hazards in drinking-water
The WHO Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality include facts sheets and comprehensive review documents for many individual chemicals. For many of these, guideline values are derived. All of these can be accessed through the following alphabetical list. Summary tables of guideline values are also available.
OTHER INFORMATION THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST:
Work in progress and drafts for the "Rolling revision" of the guidelines
Managing chemical hazards in drinking-water
Radiological hazards in drinking-water
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A
B
C
- Cadmium
- Carbaryl
- Carbofuran
- Carbon Tetrachloride
- Chloralhydrate (trichloroacetaldehyde)
- Chlordane
- Chloride
- Chlorine
- Chlorite and Chlorate
- Chloroacetones
- Chlorophenols
- Chlorophenoxy herbicides
- Chloropicrin
- Chlorotoluron
- Chlorpyrifos
- Chromium
- Copper
- Cyanazine
- Cyanide
- Cyanobacterial toxins
- see Microcystin-LR
- Cyanogen chloride
- Cylindrospermopsin
D
E
- Edetic acid (EDTA)
- Endosulfan
- Endrin
- Epichlorohydrin
- Ethylbenzene
- Ethylene dibromide
- see 1,2-Dibromoethane
H
M
P
S
Recent publications
Events
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World Water Forum 6: Time for solutions
7-12 March 2012 -- Marseilles, France -
IWA drinking water safety: Award scheme
31 May 2012 -- Global -
Singapore International Water Week
1-5 July 2012 -- Singapore -
Stockholm World Water Week
26-31 August 2012 -- Stockholm, Sweden