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 federal democratic republic of Ethiopia : country report of the pilot project implementation in 2004-2005 |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2010 |
Authors | Tadesse, D, Desta, A, Geyid, A, Girma, W, Fisseha, S, Schmoll, O |
Pagination | xi, 73 p.; 3 fig.; 32 tab. |
Date Published | 2010-01-01 |
Publisher | World Health Organization (WHO) |
Place Published | Geneva, Switzerland |
ISSN Number | 9789241596343 |
Keywords | drinking water, ethiopia, statistics, water quality, who/unicef joint monitoring programme |
Abstract | During 2004 - 2005, the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, together with five other countries, participated in a World Health Organization/United Nations Children’s Fund (WHO/UNICEF) pilot project to test the methodology for a Rapid Assessment of Drinking-Water Quality (RADWQ). The purpose was to test a tool to help the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) monitor access to safe drinking-water globally. The RADWQ methodology is based on the UNICEF Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys. It uses a cluster sampling approach to select, across an entire country, individual drinking-water sources to be tested for selected parameters. The number and type of parameters to be |
Notes | With bibliography on p. 45 - 46 |
Custom 1 | 824 |