Publications in chronological order

2013

• Fast facts
  2013 JMP report: Progress on sanitation and drinking-water
  14 May 2013
• Progress on sanitation and drinking-water
  2013 update: Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation
  13 May 2013
• Water quality and health strategy 2013-2020
  26 January 2013
• Water safety plan quality assurance tool
  1 January 2013

2012

• WSP training package
  CD-ROM
  16 November 2012
• Toolkit for monitoring and evaluating household water treatment and safe storage
  1 November 2012
• Rapid asssessment of drinking-water quality
  A handbook for implementation
  1 October 2012
• Animal waste, water quality and human health
  Edited by Al Dufour, Jamie Bartram, Robert Bos and Victor Gannon
  1 September 2012
• Water safety planning for small community water supplies
  Step-by-step risk management guidance for drinking-water supplies in small communities
  1 July 2012
• Tracking national financial flows into sanitation, hygiene and drinking-water
  GLAAS working paper
  1 July 2012
• Manual for economic assessment of drinking water interventions
  1 June 2012
• Pharmaceuticals in drinking-water
  1 June 2012
• Global costs and benefits of drinking-water supply and sanitation interventions to reach the MDG target and universal coverage
  6 May 2012
• Uranium in drinking-water
  Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
  1 May 2012
• Global analysis and assessment of sanitation and drinking-water (GLAAS)
  The challenge of extending and sustaining services
  11 April 2012
• Progress on drinking water and sanitation
  JMP update 2012
  6 March 2012
• Healthy wetlands, healthy people: a review of wetlands and human health interactions
  Published jointly by the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention and WHO
  6 March 2012

2011

• Valuing water, valuing livelihoods
  Guidance on social cost-benefit analysis of drinking-water interventions, with special reference to small community water supplies
  1 November 2011
• Antrazine and its metabolites in drinking-water
  Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
  25 October 2011
• Acrylamide in drinking-water
  Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
  23 October 2011
• Arsenic in drinking-water
  Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
  23 October 2011
• Cadmium in drinking-water
  Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
  23 October 2011
• Evaluating household water treatment options
  Heath-based targets and microbiological performance specifications
  7 July 2011
• Rehabilitating water treatment works after an emergency
  Technical note 6 on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in emergencies
  6 July 2011
• Emergency treatment of drinking-water at the point of use
  Technical note 5 on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in emergencies
  5 July 2011
• Rehabilitating small-scale piped water distribution systems
  Technical note 4 on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in emergencies
  4 July 2011
• Cleaning and disinfecting wells
  Technical note 1 on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in emergencies
  1 July 2011
• Guidelines for drinking-water quality, fourth edition
  World Health Organization 2011
  27 June 2011
• First consultation on post-2015 monitoring of drinking-water and sanitation
  Meeting report (3-5 May 2011, Berlin, Germany)
  5 May 2011
• Replacement of mercury thermometers and sphygmomanometers in health care
  Technical guidance. WHO 2011
  1 May 2011
• WHO technical notes on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in emergencies
  1 May 2011
• Guidelines for drinking-water quality, fourth edition 2011
  Separate chapters
  27 April 2011
• Guide to ship sanitation (third edition)
  Global reference on health requirements for ship construction and operation
  1 April 2011
• Safe drinking-water from desalination
  Guidance on risk assessment and risk management procedures to ensure the safety of desalinated drinking-water. WHO 2011
  1 March 2011
• Water safety in buildings
  1 February 2011

2001 - 2010

• Aluminium in drinking-water
  23 October 2010
• How to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene into HIV programmes
  27 September 2010
• UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2010
  20 April 2010
• The resilience of water supply and sanitation in the face of climate change
  21 March 2010
• Progress on sanitation and drinking-water 2010 update
  8 March 2010
• Safe management of shellfish and harvest waters: minimizing health risks from sewage-contaminated shellfish
  5 February 2010
• Guide to hygiene and sanitation in aviation (third edition)
  1 December 2009
• Water, sanitation and hygiene standards for schools in low-cost settings
  27 October 2009
• Natural ventilation for infection control in health-care settings
  27 October 2009
• Risk assessment of Cryptosporidium in drinking water
  26 October 2009
• Vision 2030: The resilience of water supply and sanitation in the face of climate change
  20 October 2009
• Policies and Procedures for updating Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality
  31 July 2009
• Scaling Up Household Water Treatment Among Low-Income Populations
  31 July 2009
• Calcium and magnesium in drinking-water
  30 March 2009
• Water safety plan manual (WSP manual): Step-by-step risk management for drinking-water suppliers
  9 March 2009
• Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality, Second Addendum to the 3rd Edition Volume 1 - Recommendations
  14 November 2008
• Progress on Drinking-water and Sanitation: special focus on sanitation
  15 July 2008
• Core questions on drinking-water and sanitation for household surveys
  15 July 2008
• Safer water, better health
  25 June 2008
• Essential Environmental Health Standards in Health Care
  23 June 2008
• Water Quality Interventions to Prevent Diarrhoea: Cost and Cost-Effectiveness
  15 April 2008
• Flowing away: water and health opportunities
  19 February 2008
• Global costs of attaining the Millennium Development Goal for water supply and sanitation
  24 January 2008
• Legionella and the prevention of legionellosis
  15 November 2007
• Chemical safety of drinking-water: Assessing priorities for risk management
  30 October 2007
• WHO core principles for achieving safe and sustainable management of health-care waste
  18 October 2007
• Waterborne disease at the household level
  18 March 2007
• Protecting groundwater for health: Managing the quality of drinking-water sources webteam
  2 November 2006
• Fluoride in drinking-water
  2 November 2006
• Guidelines for the safe use of wastwater, excreta and greywater. Volume 4: Excreta and greywater use in agriculture
  5 October 2006
• Meeting the MDG drinking-water and sanitation target: the urban and rural challenge of the decade
  4 September 2006
• Management of waste from injection activities at district level
  11 July 2006
• Guidelines for the safe use of wastwater, excreta and greywater. Volume 3: Wastewater and excreta use in aquaculture
  13 June 2006
• Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater. Volume 2: Wastewater use in agriculture
  13 June 2006
• Mercury in health care
  22 May 2006
• International small community water supply network
  8 May 2006
• Water watch 2015: Are countries in Asia on track to meet Target 10 of the MDGs
  8 May 2006
• Guidelines for drinking-water quality, third edition, incorporating first and second addenda
  2 May 2006
• Review of latest available evidence on risks to human health through potential transmission of avian influenza (H5N1) through water and sewage
  29 March 2006
• Linking poverty reduction and water management
  14 March 2006
• Guidelines for safe recreational water environments (Volume 2: Swimming pools and similar environments)
  14 March 2006
• Health aspects of plumbing
  14 March 2006
• Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater. Volume 1: Policy and regulatory aspects
  27 February 2006
• Nutrients in drinking-water
  28 November 2005
• Water recreation and disease. Plausibility of associated infections: Acute effects, sequelae and mortality
  10 October 2005
• Water safety plans: Managing drinking-water quality from catchment to consumer
  17 August 2005
• Quantifying public health risks in the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality
  9 August 2005
• Preventing travellers' diarrhoea: How to make drinking-water safe
  26 July 2005
• Health care waste management: An integral component of health investment
  15 June 2005
• Water for life: Making it happen
  24 May 2005
• Small community water supply management
  4 May 2005
• Sanitation and hygiene promotion: programming guidance
  11 April 2005
• Management of solid health-care waste at primary health-care centres: A decision-making guide
  18 January 2005
• Fact sheets on environmental sanitation
  4 January 2005
• Water, Sanitation and Health electronic library
  24 November 2004
• Water for Health
  16 November 2004
• Preparation of national health-care waste management plans in sub-saharan countries
  4 November 2004
• Findings on an assessment of small-scale incinerators for health-care waste
  4 November 2004
• Safe health-care waste management : Policy paper
  3 November 2004
• Management of wastes from immunisation campaign activities: Practical guidelines for planners and managers
  3 November 2004
• Sanitation on ships: compendium of outbreaks of foodborne and waterborne disease and Legionnaires's disease associated with ships, 1970-2000
  26 October 2004
• Barium in drinking-water
  23 October 2004
• Copper in drinking-water
  23 October 2004
• Pathogenic mycobacteria in water: A guide to public health consequences, monitoring and management
  18 October 2004
• Global environmental threats to children related to water and sanitation
  8 October 2004
• Water treatment and pathogen control: Process efficiency in achieving safe drinking water
  5 October 2004
• Safe piped water: Managing microbial water quality in piped distribution systems
  5 October 2004
• Guidelines for drinking-water quality, third edition
  21 September 2004
• Meeting the MDG drinking-water and sanitation target: A mid-term assessment of progress
  26 August 2004
• Linking technology choice with operation and maintenance in the context of community water supply and sanitation: A reference document for planners and project staff
  10 August 2004
• Occurrence of cyanobacterial toxins (microcystins) in surface water of rural Bangladesh: pilot study
  21 July 2004
• Microbial safety of drinking water: Improving approaches and methods
  6 July 2004
• Waterborne zoonoses: identification, causes and control
  6 July 2004
• Inheriting the world: The atlas of children's health and the environment
  17 June 2004
• Sanitation challenge: Turning commitment into reality
  13 May 2004
• Evaluation of the costs and benefits of water and sanitation improvements at the global level
  13 May 2004
• Heterotrophic plate counts and drinking-water safety: The significance of HPCs for water quality and the human health
  13 May 2004
• Policy analysis: Management of health-care wastes
  12 May 2004
• Health-care waste management rapid assessment tool
  12 May 2004
• Guidelines for safe disposal of unwanted pharmaceuticals in and after emergencies
  12 May 2004
• Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture and aquaculture
  12 May 2004
• European standards for drinking water, second edition
  11 May 2004
• Health-based monitoring of recreational waters
  11 May 2004
• Surveillance of drinking water quality
  12 April 2004
• Health as a cross-cutting issue in Dialogues on Water for Food and the Environment
  24 March 2004
• Benzene in drinking-water
  25 October 2003
• Asbestos in drinking-water
  23 October 2003
• Chloride in drinking-water
  23 October 2003
• Chlorine in drinking-water
  23 October 2003
• Chromium in drinking-water
  23 October 2003
• Cyanide in drinking-water
  23 October 2003
• Emerging issues in water and infectious diseases
  14 October 2003
• Looking back: Looking ahead
  9 October 2003
• Rapid assessment of correlations between remotely sensed data and malaria prevalence in the Menoreh Hills area of Central Java, Indonesia
  22 July 2003
• Health impact assessment: harmonization, mainstreaming and capacity building
  22 July 2003
• Intersectoral decision-making skills in support of health impact assessment of development projects
  8 July 2003
• Reducing and eliminating the use of persistent organic pesticides: Guidance on alternative strategies for sustainable pest and vector management
  26 June 2003
• Safe management of wastes from healthcare activities
  24 June 2003
• Participatory hygiene and sanitation transformation: A new approach to working with communities
  24 June 2003
• Tools for assessing the operation and maintenance status of water supply and sanitation in developing countries
  18 June 2003
• Operation and maintenance of rural water supply and sanitation systems: A training package for managers and planners
  18 June 2003
• Global water supply and sanitation assessment 2000 report
  18 June 2003
• Methods for detection of fecal contamination of drinking-water
  17 June 2003
• Vector control: Methods for use by individuals and communities
  11 June 2003
• Environmental management for vector control
  4 June 2003
• Leakage management and control: A best practice training manual
  28 May 2003
• Upgrading water treatment plants
  27 May 2003
• Water pollution control: A guide to the use of water quality management principles
  27 May 2003
• Toxic cyanobacteria in water: A guide to their public health consequences, monitoring and management
  27 May 2003
• Water quality monitoring: A practical guide to the design and implementation of freshwater quality studies and monitoring programmes
  22 May 2003
• Guidelines for safe recreational water environments (Volume 1: Coastal and fresh waters)
  13 May 2003
• Teacher's guide: management of wastes from health-care activities
  7 May 2003
• Domestic water quantity, service level and health
  6 May 2003
• Water-related diseases: information sheets
  29 April 2003
• Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide
  15 April 2003
• Monitoring bathing waters: A practical guide to the design and implementation of assessments and monitoring programmes
  2 April 2003
• Managing water in the home: accelerated health gains from improved water supply
  25 March 2003
• Microbiological agents in drinking water
  19 March 2003
• Food, water and family health: A manual for community educators
  13 March 2003
• Environmental impact on health: Children in the new millennium
  13 March 2003
• Healthy villages: A guide for communities and community health
  13 March 2003
• Water quality assessments: A guide to the use of biota, sediments and water in environmental monitoring, 2nd ed.
  5 March 2003
• Water quality: Guidelines, standards and health
  17 June 2001
• Reduction of reliance on DDT in disease vector control
  11 May 2001
• Slow sand filtration
  29 March 2001