Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Disclaimer -- 1 Harmonised assessment of risk and risk management for water-related infectious disease: an overview -- 2 Guidelines: the current position -- 3 The Global Burden of Disease study and applications in water, sanitation and hygiene -- 4 Endemic and epidemic infectious intestinal disease and its relationship to drinking water -- 5 Excreta-related infections and the role of sanitation in the control of transmission -- 6 Disease surveillance and waterborne outbreaks -- 7 Epidemiology: a tool for the assessment of risk -- 8 Risk assessment -- 9 Quality audit and the assessment of waterborne risk -- 10 Acceptable Risk -- 11 A public health perspective for establishing water-related guidelines and standards -- 12 Management strategies -- 13 Indicators of microbial water quality -- 14 Risk communication -- 15 Economic evaluation and priority-setting in water and sanitation interventions -- 16 Implementation of guidelines: some practical aspects -- 17 Regulation of microbiological quality in the water cycle -- 18 Framework for guidelines development in practice -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.