Drinking Water Quality: Monitoring and Security

It’s understood that drinking water should be suitable for human consumption and for all usual domestic purposes. So, what is suitable drinking water? Ideally, drinking water should not contain any microorganisms known to be pathogenic or capable of causing diseases. It should be free from chemical contamination, and it should have the right physical properties.
In this interactive, online course, we will discuss key information regarding drinking water monitoring and security required to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the general population being served by water supply facilities. We will discuss the minimum parameters recommended for monitoring drinking water, and the surveillance process and products used for monitoring water quality. We will also discuss the types of threats to facilities, and types of physical security elements that may be put into place to help protect these facilities.