Quantitative risk assessment in the Water Safety Plan: Case studies from drinking water practice

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-132

  Medema, Gertjan ^a   Smeets, Patrick ^a  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Non piped; Pathogens; QMRA; Risk assessment; Water Safety Plan

Indexed keywords

PATHOGENS; POTABLE WATER; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; WATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

HEALTH-BASED TARGETS; MICROBIAL INDICATORS; NON-PIPED; PROCESS PARAMETERS; QMRA; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; SITE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION; WATER SAFETY PLANS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; DRINKING WATER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UGANDA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAFETY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 74949140780     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2009.297     Document Type: Article

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