How can the safety of drinking-water be monitored globally? What definitions would be meaningful and assist decision-makers in the process of improving the drinking-water situation in the world? What research and development efforts are needed to come up with a rapid, reliable and cost-effective way of measuring water quality indicators locally and reporting on them at the global level. Since the decision in 2000 to adopt a method based on nationally representative household surveys, the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) has explored options to report on the safety of drinking-water supplies. In this connection, between 2002 and 2008 the rapid assessment of drinking-water quality (RADWQ) project was designed, implemented and documented in a number of pilot countries where the quality of drinking-water from improved sources was evaluated. [authors abstract of the project]
| Title | Rapid assessment of drinkingwater quality in the hashemite kingdom of Jordan : country report of the pilot project implementation in 2004-2005 |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Properzi, F, WHO -Geneva, CH, World Health Organization |
| Pagination | xi, 60 p.; 4 fig.; 29 tab. |
| Date Published | 2010-01-01 |
| Publisher | World Health Organization (WHO) |
| Place Published | Geneva, Switzerland |
| ISSN Number | 9789241500579 |
| Keywords | drinking water, jordan, water quality, who/unicef joint monitoring programme |
| Abstract |
In 2004 and 2005 the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan participated with five other countries in a World Health Organization/United Nations Children’s Fund (WHO/UNICEF) pilot project to test a method for the rapid assessment of the quality of drinking-water. The purpose of the Rapid Assessment of Drinking-Water Quality (RADWQ) project was to develop a tool that would support the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) in strengthening its monitoring efforts of the global access to safe drinking-water. The results of the RADWQ pilot project in Jordan confirm the validity of routine national monitoring data, which show that drinking-water quality is generally high in the distribution network. Compliance with WHO guideline values and national standards for bacteria is 99.9%, and overall compliance is 97.8% (this figure includes data for chemical contaminants). The overall compliance rate increases to 99.9% if the Jordanian maximum permitted limits are used as the references, instead |
| Notes | With 9 + 2 references |
| Custom 1 | 823 |
