Risk governance of potential emerging risks to drinking water quality: Analysing current practices

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 84, Issue , 2018, Pages 97-104

  Hartmann, Julia ^a,b   van der Aa, Monique ^a   Wuijts, Susanne ^a,c   de Roda Husman, Ana Maria ^a,d   van der Hoek, Jan Peter ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Waternet   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drinking water quality; Emerging contaminants; Risk governance

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MINNESOTA; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SWITZERLAND; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 85044009029     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.02.015     Document Type: Article

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