Coastal and fresh waters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Health Organization, author, issuing body.

Series:

Guidelines for safe recreational water environments ; v.1.

Guidelines for safe recreational water environments ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health.

Water quality.

Water--Recreational use--Health aspects.

Water.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These new Guidelines for Safe Recreational Water Environments describe the present state of knowledge regarding the impact of recreational use of coastal and freshwater environments upon the health of users - specifically drowning and injury, exposure to cold, heat and sunlight, water quality (especially exposure to water contaminated by sewage, but also exposure to free-living pathogenic microorganisms in recreational water), contamination of beach sand, exposure to algae and their products, exposure to chemical and physical agents, and dangerous aquatic organisms. In addition, control and mo

Contents:

Contents; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Executive summary; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2. DROWNING AND INJURY PREVENTION; CHAPTER 3. SUN, HEAT AND COLD; CHAPTER 4. FAECAL POLLUTION AND WATER QUALITY; CHAPTER 5. FREE-LIVING MICROORGANISMS; CHAPTER 6. MICROBIAL ASPECTS OF BEACH SAND QUALITY; CHAPTER 7. ALGAE AND CYANOBACTERIA IN COASTAL AND ESTUARINE WATER; CHAPTER 8. ALGAE AND CYANOBACTERIA IN FRESH WATER; CHAPTER 9. AESTHETIC ISSUES; CHAPTER 10. CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL AGENTS; CHAPTER 11. DANGEROUS AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHAPTER 12. MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

CHAPTER 13. APPLICATION OF GUIDELINES AND MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR SAFE RECREATIONAL WATER USEAPPENDIX A. LIFEGUARDS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-08852-4

9786610088522

1-4175-2626-2

92-4-068052-7

OCLC:

476034847