Book/Printed Material Water safety in buildings

Title

• Water safety in buildings

Summary

• "This document provides guidance for managing water supplies in buildings where people may drink water; use water for food preparation; wash, shower, swim or use water for other recreational activities; or be exposed to aerosols produced by water-using devices, such as cooling towers. These uses occur in a variety of buildings, such as hospitals, schools, child and aged care, medical and dental facilities, hotels, apartment blocks, sport centers, commercial buildings and transport terminals."--Publisher's description.

Names

• World Health Organization
• Cunliffe, David

Created / Published

• Geneva : World Health Organization, [2011]
• ©2011

Contents

• What are the issues?. Background -- System design -- Hazard identification and risk assessment -- People who use buildings -- Building types -- Roles and responsibilities. Background -- Building commissioners -- Building operators -- Employees, residents and users of buildings -- Service providers and specialist consultants -- Professional bodies -- Infection control -- Regulators -- Standard-setting and certification bodies -- Training providers -- Water safety plans. Background -- Key principles of WSPs -- Assembling a WSP team -- Describing the water system -- Identifying hazards and hazardous events -- Hazardous events -- Risk assessment -- Control measures -- Operational monitoring of control measures -- Management procedures and corrective responses -- Management procedures for new buildings or major upgrades -- Verification -- Supporting new programmes -- Periodic review -- Supporting the environment. Independent inspection and surveillance -- Disease surveillance and detection of outbreaks -- Regulatory and policy frameworks -- Capacity building and training.

Headings

• -  Sanitary engineering
• -  Water-supply
• -  Water--Microbiology
• -  Water--Pollution
• -  Water--Purification
• -  Sanitary Engineering
• -  Waste Disposal, Fluid
• -  Water Microbiology
• -  Water Pollution--prevention & control
• -  Water Purification
• -  Water Supply--standards

Notes

• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (xv, 146 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

• RA591

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2021763160

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021763160

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users Indicated permissions on file

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021763160

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