Hands being washed from a tap

Meet quality standards for drinking water

  • Drinking Water
  • Quality Standards

Water utilities need to meet quality standards for drinking water, and spread hygiene practices among the population, to reduce the occurrence of insect and water-borne diseases and to protect the health of the population

Need characteristics

Societal challenges
  • Public Health and Risk Prevention
Themes
Supply sufficient drinking water of good quality to protect population health
Sub themes
Definition of quality standards for drinking water
Stakeholder group
  • Water Utilities (WU)
Task/Job
  • Sanitation
  • Hygiene
Pain
  • Consumption of polluted water
  • Epidemics (spread of insect and waterborne diseases)
  • Insalubrity in households
Gain
  • Access to drinking water for all
  • Disinfection of installations and households
Simplified climate and water scenarios
  • Dryer
  • Wetter
  • Wetter & Dryer

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