OPS/CEPIS/PUB/02.80 Original: Spanish Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences Health and Environment Division Pan American Health Organization Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization GUIDELINES FOR THE SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF DRINKING WATER QUALITY Ricardo Rojas PAHO/CEPIS Advisor With the sponsorship of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Lima, 2002 OPS/CEPIS/PUB/02.80 Original: Spanish GUIDELINES FOR THE SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF DRINKING WATER QUALITY Ricardo Rojas PAHO/CEPIS Advisor Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences Health and Environment Division Pan American Health Organization Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization Lima, 2002 Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 2002 All rights reserved by the Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences, PAHO/CEPIS. The document can be abstracted, reproduced or translated, in part or in whole, without prior permission, but not for sale or for commercial purposes. PAHO/CEPIS is a specialized agency of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). Los Pinos 259, Lima, Peru P. O. Box 4337, Lima 100, Peru Phone: (511) 437 1077 Fax: (511) 437 8289
[email protected] http://www.cepis.ops-oms.org CONTENTS Page Foreword ............................................................................................................................. xiii 1. Conceptual Framework..............................................................................................