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Best Practice Guide on the Control of Lead in Drinking Water

Best Practice Guide on the Control of Lead in Drinking Water

Order Code: IW164A
ISBN Number: 9781843393696
Publisher: IWA
No. of Pages: 128
Date of Publication: 2010

Price: £48.99


This Guide is one of a series produced by the International Water Association’s Specialist Group on Metals and Related Substances in Drinking Water. It is a state-of-the-art compilation of the range of scientific, engineering, regulatory and operational issues concerned with the control of lead in drinking water.

Consultation has been obtained from an international team from 26 European countries, Canada and the United States to develop the Guide.

It will be of interest to water utility practitioners, health agencies and policy makers. It is intended to support a two-day training course or as a stand alone guide to the control of lead in drinking water.

Contents:
  • Sources of lead in drinking water
  • Regulatory background; Sampling and monitoring
  • Health perspectives Evidence of problems with lead in drinking water
  • Risk assessment and health surveillance
  • Lead pipe replacement and other engineering options
  • Corrective water treatment
  • Control of materials;Investigational methods
  • Economics of plumbosolvency control
  • Case studies
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