Guidance on Water Supply and Sanitation in Extreme Weather Events
Extreme weather events including floods and droughts are increasing in frequency and intensity. They affect the operation of water-supply drainage and sewerage infrastructure and the functioning of wastewater treatment plants thereby affecting the protection of public health. Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health reviewed experience and good practice in Europe through a broad consultative process to devise the present guidance. This publication describes how adaptation policies should consider the new risks from extreme weather events how vulnerabilities can be identified and which manag
eBook, English, 2011
World Health Organization, Geneva, 2011