Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality

“The UN General Assembly declared the period from 2005 to 2015 as the International Decade for Action,
“Water for Life”.
Most recently, the UN General Assembly declared safe and clean
drinking-water and sanitation a human right essential to the full enjoyment of life and all other human rights. Access to safe drinking-water is important as a health and development issue at national, regional and local levels. In some regions, it has been shown that investments in water supply and sanitation can yield a net economic benefit, as the reductions in adverse health effects and health-care costs outweigh the costs of undertaking the interventions. This is true for investments ranging from major water supply infrastructure through to water treatment in the home. Experience has also shown that interventions in improving access to safe water favour the poor in particular, whether in rural or urban areas, and can be an effective part of poverty alleviation strategies.
The World Health Organization (WHO) published three editions of the Guidelines
for drinking-water quality in 1983–1984, 1993–1997 and 2004, as successors to
previous WHO International standards for drinking water, published in 1958, 1963 and 1971. From 1995, the Guidelines have been kept up to date through a process of rolling revision, which leads to the regular publication of addenda that may add to or supersede information in previous volumes as well as expert reviews on key issues preparatory to the development of the Guidelines.
Leading the process of the development of the fourth edition was the Water, Sanitation…” (XV)
An old tradition here is telling us “some springs make girls beautiful”. Enjoy!