ABSTRACT
From 1993 to 1998 the World Health Organization (WHO) worked on the progressive development of its Guidelines for Safe Recreational-Water Environments (WHO, 1998). The Guidelines comprise a health risk assessment of recreational water use to be published in two volumes (Volume 1: Coastal and Fresh-Waters and Volume 2: Swimming Pools, Spas and Similar Recreational-Water Environments). This present book is designed to complement the Guidelines for Safe Recreational-Water Environments, providing a practitioners’ guide to the monitoring and assessment of coastal and freshwater recreational environments. It presents, in a methodological format, the information necessary to design and implement a monitoring and assessment programme for recreational water environments.
