Guidelines For Canadian Drinking Water Quality 1978

Divided into four sections: physical characteristics, microbiological characteristics, chemical characteristics and radiological characteristics.

Recent editions of the Guidelines for Canadian drinking water quality were prepared following a thorough review of the scientific, technical and medical literature on new parameters and on parameters whose guidelines required revision. This 5th edition includes the guidelines approved by the Conference of Deputy Ministers of Health as of June 1992. No evidence has been presented that would warrant changing the values proposed in the last edition. These values have, therefore, been adopted and are presented in this edition as confirmed guidelines. The guidelines and recommendations listed are intended to apply to all drinking water supplies, public and private, however, they should not be regarded as legally enforceable standards. This document provides an explanation of terms, a description of microbiological characteristics, chemical and physical parameters, and radiological characteristics. It concludes with a list of parameters under review or scheduled for review.

Editions of these guidelines are prepared following a thorough review of the scientific, technical and medical literature on new parameters and on parameters whose guidelines require revision. This 6th edition includes the guidelines approved by the Conference of Deputy Ministers of Health as of March 1995. No evidence has been presented that would warrant changing the values proposed in the last edition. These values have, therefore, been adopted and are presented in this edition as confirmed guidelines. The guidelines and recommendations listed are intended to apply to all drinking water supplies, public and private, however, they should not be regarded as legally enforceable standards unless promulgated as such by the appropriate agency. This document provides an explanation of terms, a description of microbiological characteristics, chemical and physical parameters, and radiological characteristics. It also includes a list of parameters under review or scheduled for review.

This volume describes the methods used in the surveillance of drinking water quality in the light of the special problems of small-community supplies, particularly in developing countries, and outlines the strategies necessary to ensure that surveillance is effective.