Health & hygiene aspects of rainwater for drinking

Sustainable Development of Water Resources, Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation: Proceedings of the 32nd WEDC International Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 393-396

  Pathak, Namrata ^a,b   Heijnen, Han ^a,c  

^a WHO South East Asia Regional Office ^*  (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c not available   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical and microbiological quality; Drinking water; Health risk assessment; Rainwater; Water safety plans

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; PLANNING; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SANITATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIAN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; DOMESTIC PURPOSE; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAINWATER; SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS; WATER SAFETY PLANS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 84891306129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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