Drinking water (DW) is increasingly subject to environmental and human threats that alter the quality of the resource and potentially of the distributed water. These threats can be both biological and chemical in nature, and are often cumulated. The increase of technical frame of water quality monitoring following the evolution of water quality standards guarantee the regulation compliance in general but is not sufficient for the survey of small scale water system efficiency. The existing monitoring is not well suited to insure a good quality of distributed water, especially in the event of a sudden modification of quality. This article aims to propose alternative solutions, from the examination of monitoring practices, in a bid to limit the risk of deterioration of DW quality.
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November 08 2013
Perspectives on drinking water monitoring for small scale water systems
Benoit Roig;
1University of Nimes, Rue du docteur Georges Salan, 30021 Nimes, France
2EHESP Rennes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard – CS 74312, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France and INSERM, UMR IRSET Institut de recherche sur la santé l'environnement et le travail - 1085, LERES, Rennes, France
3Environment and Health Research Laboratory (LERES), Advanced School of Public Health (EHESP), Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard – CS 74312, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
E-mail: benoit.roig@unimes.fr
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Estelle Baures;
Estelle Baures
2EHESP Rennes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard – CS 74312, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France and INSERM, UMR IRSET Institut de recherche sur la santé l'environnement et le travail - 1085, LERES, Rennes, France
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Olivier Thomas
Olivier Thomas
2EHESP Rennes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard – CS 74312, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France and INSERM, UMR IRSET Institut de recherche sur la santé l'environnement et le travail - 1085, LERES, Rennes, France
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Water Supply (2014) 14 (1): 1–12.
Article history
Received:
July 26 2012
Accepted:
February 04 2013
Citation
Benoit Roig, Estelle Baures, Olivier Thomas; Perspectives on drinking water monitoring for small scale water systems. Water Supply 1 February 2014; 14 (1): 1–12. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2013.211
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