Guidelines on recreational water quality. Volume 1, Coastal and fresh waters / World Health Organization.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Health Organization, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water quality--Standards.

Water quality.

Bathing beaches--Health aspects.

Bathing beaches.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 138 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, [2021]

Contents:

Intro

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Acknowledgements

Acronyms and abbreviations

Recommendations

Management advice and guideline values

1 Introduction

1.1 Scope

1.2 Recreational water safety framework

1.3 Audience and roles

1.4 Cross-cutting and emerging issues

References

2 Health-based targets and surveillance

2.1 Health-based targets

2.2 Public health surveillance

3 Recreational water safety planning

3.1 RWSP structure and development

3.2 System assessment

3.3 Monitoring

3.4 Management and communication

3.5 Review of RWSPs

4 Faecal pollution

4.1 System assessment

4.2 Monitoring

4.3 Beach classification based on sanitary survey and water quality

4.4 Management and communication

4.5 Research needs

5 Harmful algal blooms

5.1 Toxic cyanobacteria in freshwater and brackish water bodies

5.2 Toxic algae and cyanobacteria in coastal water bodies

5.3 Public communication

5.4 Research needs

6 Other microbial hazards

6.1 System assessment

6.2 Monitoring

6.3 Management and communication

6.4 Research needs

7 Beach sand

7.1 System assessment

7.2 Monitoring

7.3 Management and communication

7.4 Research needs

8 Chemicals

8.1 System assessment

8.2 Monitoring

8.3 Management and communication

8.4 Research needs

9 Aesthetics and nuisance

9.1 System assessment

9.2 Monitoring

9.3 Management and communication

9.4 Research needs

References.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF title page (NCBI, viewed November 3, 2022).

Includes bibliographical references.