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In order to maintain drinking water quality, the Environmental Protection Administration （EPA） of Taiwan has continuously carried out the water quality management works, including source water quality monitoring, reviewing/setting up the drinking water quality standards, and investigating the background information of related pollutants in water. EPA has also devoted to communicate with the public and tried to inform the public the government's policy priorities to raise the public awareness in drinking water quality.
This project was implemented through the “Drinking water safety education programs” which include the revision of the "Safe Drinking Water Handbook" and the editing of a new promotional leaflet about ‘drinking water quality’. The newly revised manual in this project was based on the original version of the "Safe Drinking Water Handbook" which was published by EPA in 2006.
The information included in the revised "Safe Drinking Water Handbook" contains the following contents: updated information in well water safety on the website of EPA; information about water treatment technologies and water purification equipments; and information related to the so called hydrogen water, deionized water, oxygenated water, alkaline ocean water on water market in Taiwan. Toxicological data of bromate, chlorite, and anionic surfactants (MBAS) was also collected and included in the revised manual.
In addition, domestic and international criteria and management policies for biological indicators in drinking water were also collected and summarized. The related information concerning the future management policy on microbial indicators was discussed by a panel and the feedbacks from the panelists were summarized in this project report.
In this project some recommendations of the possible tools or plans to promote the water safety awareness of general public were also proposed. Implementation of these plans would increase the public's knowledge and awareness of water safety, and enhance people’s confidence in drinking water quality.
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