WHO Technical Note for Emergencies 11: Measuring chlorine levels in water supplies

As the quality of water can be seriously affected by a disaster or an emergency, it is best practice to disinfect all emergency water supplies. The most common way of doing this is with chlorine.
 
This techical notes explains why disinfection is important, why chlorine is used, how it works, how to test for its presence and where and when to test.

Contents:

Why should emergency water supplies be disinfected

What is disinfection

How does chlorine work

Chlorine residual

Testing for chlorine residual

When and where to test water