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ABSTRACT
The control obligations for the quality of water intended for human consumption has been reinforced over the past years in the European Union. This has resulted in a marked increase in the number of parameters and collected data in every aquatic compartment. This monitoring effort aims at a better understanding and mitigation of the risk linked to water consumption through surveillance campaigns. Both official and alternative analysis tools are useful. They have to provide the treatment plant managers with pertinent and reliable data. These will then be able to make sounder decisions and give consumers better information.
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Sébastien MASCLET: Project Manager – AgroParisTech Engineer
INTRODUCTION
The distribution of drinking water is subject to the obligation to control any pollution that may affect it. The concept of water pollution is constantly evolving. As proof of this, in 2011 the World Health Organization published its 4th edition of the Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality, in which it sets out recommendations in terms of health objectives and monitoring and control.
Since the Water Act of January 3, 1992, France has adopted a number of regulatory tools designed to reduce the health and environmental risks associated with water contamination: definition of quality limits and references for distributed water, water resource protection tools, etc.
Today, in addition to these "traditional", albeit relatively recent, issues of water quality control, managers are faced with a host of new developments:
emerging substances ;
sustainability of resource management ;
climate change ;
citizens' distrust of "water experts".
In order to identify the issues involved, it is worth recalling here the objectives and practices recommended for controlling the pollution of water intended for human consumption. The main aim of water pollution control is to minimize the risks associated with water consumption. It also aims to provide the keys to anticipating future developments in this field, as well as the consequences for the control of treated wastewater discharged into the receiving environment.
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KEYWORDS
analysis | Microbiology | detection | domestic pollution | drinking water
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AFNOR Validation (page consulted on March 16, 2014)
Events
DUGUET (J.P.), JOYEUX (M.) – Methods for disinfecting water – Presentation at the 15th Colloquium on the Epidemiological Control of Infectious Diseases, Institut Pasteur, 2010 (accessed October 6, 2014)
http://www.infectiologie.com/site/medias/diaporamas/CEMI/2010/CEMI-2010-DUGUET.pdf
...Standards and norms
- Technical Guide to Accreditation – On-site water sampling and physico-chemical testing – Document LAB GTA 29 Revision 00. - COFRAC - 2013
Regulations
Council Directive 98/83/EC of November 3, 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ L 330, 5.12.1998, p. 32), as amended (Regulations (EC) no. 1882/2003 and no. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council).
Law n° 2006-1772 of December 30, 2006 on water and aquatic environments (1) (consolidated version as of July...
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