Work in progress and drafts for the "Rolling Revision" of the guidelines

WHO's Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality are kept up-to-date by a 'rolling revision'. The present plan of work involves development of addenda to be published in 2005 and 2007 and a fourth edition scheduled for 2008.

Contents Aspects of chemical quality Aspects of microbial quality Aspects of protection and control of drinking-water quality

The individual items on the Plan of work are listed under three headings.

Aspects of chemical quality

Drafts currently being edited

• Carbaryl in drinking-water (the period for comment is now closed and the document is now being edited)
• Chemical aspects ((the period for comment is now closed and the document is now being edited)
• Chemical safety of drinking-water: assessing priorities for risk management ((the period for comment is now closed and the document is now being edited)
• Dichlorvos in drinking-water (the period for comment is now closed and the document is now being edited)
• Dicofol in drinking-water (the period for comment is now closed and the document is now being edited)
• Nutrients in drinking-water (the period for comment is now closed and the document is now being edited)
• Nitrates in drinking-water (the period for comment is now closed and the document is now being edited)
• Sodium dichloroisocyanurate

Other items presently included

• "Additives", i.e. materials and chemicals used in the production and distribution of drinking-water
• Chloral hydrate in drinking-water
• Fluoride in drinking-water
• Formaldehyde in drinking-water

Other related documents

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