Water Sanitation and Health
Our vision and mission are the attainment by all peoples of the lowest possible burden of water and sanitation-related disease through primary prevention.
Hardness
Hardness is considered in the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality (GDWQ).
For individual chemicals, the GDWQ also consider:
Previous editions of the background document
For the 1996 background document, see Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 2nd ed. Vol. 2 (1996)
Chemical hazards in drinking water
Other publications of interest
30 March 2009
Calcium and magnesium in drinking-water
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