DEVELOPMENT OF DRINKING WATER GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION

Autor:	R.S. Tobin, G.C. Wood, M.J. Giddings
Rok vydání:	1991
Předmět:	National health Water testing business.industry Federal level Environmental health media_common.quotation_subject Quality (business) Business Water quality Water industry Welfare Water Science and Technology media_common
Zdroj:	Canadian Water Resources Journal. 16:433-437
ISSN:	1918-1817 0701-1784
DOI:	10.4296/cwrj1604433
Popis:	In Canada, drinking water quality is an important aspect of public health protection. At the federal level, it is the Department of National Health and Welfare that has the lead responsibility in this area. In addition to its responsibilities for ensuring safe water within the federal domain, it publishes the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality and conducts research on the quality and treatment of drinking water.The fourth edition of the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality was published in March, 1990. This document prescribes the limits for microbiological, chemical and radiological contaminants in water which are applied by provincial and federal authorities within their respective jurisdictions. These guidelines are developed through the Federal-Provincial Subcommittee on Drinking Water. The Secretariat of the Subcommittee on Drinking Water, the Department of National Health and Welfare, provides the scientific criteria for the parameters under review, with a recommended maximum c...
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