Standard
Australian Drinking Water Guidelines
National guidance applied through state and territory regulation, structured around a preventive risk management framework rather than end-point compliance alone.
Key facts
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Legal status
- Guidance, adopted into law by sub-jurisdictions
- Effective
- Continuously updated
What it covers
- Health-related guideline values
- Aesthetic guideline values
- A twelve-element risk management framework
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Sources
- World Health Organization — Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality. Public but restricted · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
- European Commission — Drinking Water Directive (EU) 2020/2184 and reporting. Open — attribution required · European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU)
- Drinking Water Inspectorate — Drinking water quality in England and Wales. Open — attribution required · Open Government Licence v3.0