Water Quality Standards and Monitoring

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Drinking water quality standards and their development 2.1. WHO drinking water quality guidelines 2.2. Health related chemicals 2.3. Microbiological aspects 2.4. Acceptability aspects 2.5. Development of national drinking water quality standard 3. Wastewater quality standard 4. Water quality consideration in various water uses 4.1. Agricultural water use and preventive measures to salinization 4.2. Aquaculture water use and public health consideration 4.3. Wastewater reuse and public health consideration 5. Ambient water quality standards 5.1. Water quality standards for rivers 5.2. Water quality standards for lakes 5.3. Water quality standards for coastal water bodies 6. Monitoring 6.1. Drinking water quality monitoring 6.2. Surface water monitoring 6.3. Groundwater monitoring Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketch