Download or read book Safe Piped Water written by Ainsworth R. and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2004-09-21 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication addresses the factors affecting the presence and growth of micro-organisms in piped networks as well as the practices of water supply organisations that can directly or indirectly influence them. The book shows that there are often public health reasons for adopting a more proactive approach to many of the traditional practices used in designing, operating and maintaining distribution networks, and to modifying the composition of the water that is fed into those networks.