Drinking Water Quality Publications

Comprehensive Drinking Water Source-to-Tap Assessment Guideline (2010)

Title Page (PDF, 239KB)
Introduction: Understand and Prepare for the Assessment Process (PDF, 344KB)
Module 1: Delineate and Characterize Drinking Water Source(s) (PDF, 779KB)
Module 2: Conduct Contaminant Source Inventory (PDF, 284KB)
Module 3: Assess Water System Elements (PDF, 205KB)
Module 4: Evaluate Water System Management, Operation and Maintenance Practices (PDF, 215KB)
Module 5: Audit Water Quality and Availability (PDF, 234KB)
Module 6: Review Financial Capacity and Governance of Water Service Agency (PDF, 208KB)
Module 7: Characterize Risks from Source to Tap (PDF, 331KB)
Module 8: Recommend Actions to Improve Drinking Water Protection (PDF, 192KB)

Decision Protocols for Cyanobacterial Toxins in B.C. Drinking Water and Recreational Water (2018) (PDF, 690KB)

Decision Tree for Responding to a Turbidity Event in Unfiltered Drinking Water
This document is now in Part B of the Drinking Water Officers' Guide (2017).

Drinking Water Officers’ Guide (2017)

Drinking Water Source-to-Tap Screening Tool (2004) (PDF, 400KB)

Drinking Water Treatment Objectives (Microbiological) for Surface Water Supplies in British Columbia (2012)
This document is now in Part B of the Drinking Water Officers' Guide.

Drinking Water Treatment Objectives (Microbiological) for Ground Water Supplies in British Columbia, Version 1 (2015) (PDF, 245KB)

Emergency Response Planning for Small Waterworks Systems (PDF, 317KB)

Guidance Document for Determining Ground Water at Risk of Containing Pathogens (GARP), Version 3 (2017) (PDF, 713KB)

Provincial Health Officer's Annual Reports: Progress on the Action Plan for Safe Drinking Water