Protecting and managing water quality for health

While the MDG target for access to improved water supply has been met, questions still exist around the potability and sustainability of those supplies. Moreover, the sanitation target is still unlikely to be met. In order to mitigate water-related health impacts, both now and post-MDGs, it is necessary to co-ordinate community interventions, focussing not only on water quantity and access, but water quality, sanitation/wastewater treatment and …