Building Water Health Resources

Other Latest Resources

• Legionella in the View of Specialists

  • 2 years ago
  

  This book covers topics such as environmental law in Brazil, public health, risk assessment, environmental risk, microbiological and clinical analyses, risk mitigation, risk prevention and ecological aspects of bacteria, among...

  Read More

• Water Safety Plan Manual: Step-by-Step Risk Management for Drinking-Water Suppliers

  • 2 years ago
  

  This World Health Organization manual provides practical guidance to facilitate water safety plan development, focusing particularly on organized water supplies managed by a water utility or similar entity.

  Read More

• Water Safety Plans - Managing Drinking-Water Quality From Catchment to Consumer

  • 2 years ago
  

  This World Health Organization document describes the water safety plan approach and provides substantiation in a set of companion volumes addressing source protection, treatment processes (at supply and household level),...

  Read More

• Water Safety in Buildings

  • 2 years ago
  

  This document by the World Health Organization (WHO) is one of series that provide guidance on implementing the WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality (GDWQ) (WHO, 2008). It aims to support...

  Read More

• Legionella and the Prevention of Legionellosis

  • 2 years ago
  

  This PDF from the World Health Organization provides a comprehensive overview of the sources, ecology and laboratory identification of Legionella. It provides guidance on assessment and management of risks associated...

  Read More

• OSHA Technical Manual, Section III: Chapter 7 Legionnaires’ disease

  • 2 years ago
  

  This chapter of the OSHA Technical Manual provides information to assist industrial hygienists in the assessment of work sites for potential Legionnaires' disease. It provides information on disease recognition, investigation...

  Read More

• Technologies for Legionella Control in Premise Plumbing Systems: Scientific Literature Review

  • 2 years ago
  

  This non-regulatory document from the EPA provides information on the use and effectiveness of Legionella control strategies in premise plumbing systems. It can help states and facility owners/operators make better...

  Read More

• Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia

  • 2 years ago
  

  These guidelines by the CDC and Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee are designed to reduce the incidence of health-care-associated pneumonia and other severe, acute lower respiratory tract infections in...

  Read More