# Boxes

* Chapter 2: Framework for Management of Drinking Water Quality
  * [Box 2.1](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-1/chapter-2/2.4-the-need-for-multi-agency-involvement.md#box-2-1) - Application of the Framework in Western Australia
* Chapter 3: Framework for the Management of Drinking Water Quality – the twelve elements
  * [Box 3.1](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-1/chapter-3/3.1-commitment-to-drinking-water-quality-management-element-1/3.1.1-drinking-water-quality-policy.md#box-3-1) - Example of a drinking water quality policy
  * [Box 3.2](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-1/chapter-3/3.3-preventive-measures-for-drinking-water-quality-management-element-3/3.3.1-preventive-measures-and-multiple-barriers.md#box-3-2) - Examples of multiple barriers
  * [Box 3.3](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-1/chapter-3/3.4-operational-procedures-and-process-control-element-4.md#box-3-3) - Examples of outbreaks resulting from sub-optimal performance
  * [Box 3.4](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-1/chapter-3/3.5-verification-of-drinking-water-quality-element-5/3.5.1-drinking-water-quality-monitoring.md#box-3-4) - Reliability of data
  * [Box 3.5](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-1/chapter-3/3.6-management-of-incidents-and-emergencies-element-6/3.6.2-incident-and-emergency-response-protocols.md#box-3-5) - Water incident communication and notification protocol
  * [Box 3.6](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-1/chapter-3/3.7-employee-awareness-and-training-element-7/3.7.2-employee-training.md#box-3-6) - Contractors
  * [Box 3.7](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-1/chapter-3/3.9-research-and-development-element-9.md#box-3-7) - The Melbourne water quality study
  * [Box 3.8](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-1/chapter-3/3.9-research-and-development-element-9/3.9.1-investigative-studies-and-research-monitoring.md#box-3-8) - Cyanotoxin investigation in South Australia
* Chapter 5: Microbial Quality of Drinking Water
  * [Box 5.1](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-2/chapter-5/5.1-introduction.md#box-5-1) - Integrating health-based targets into the Framework for Managing Drinking Water Quality (Chapter 3)
  * [Box 5.2](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-2/chapter-5/5.4-enteric-pathogens/5.4.2-contamination-of-source-waters-with-enteric-pathogens.md#box-5-2) - Understanding and managing bore water security
  * [Box 5.3](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-2/chapter-5/5.4-enteric-pathogens/5.4.3-management-of-risk-from-enteric-pathogens.md#box-5-3) - Water Safety Continuum: achieving the health-based target
  * [Box 5.4](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-2/chapter-5/5.4-enteric-pathogens/5.4.3-management-of-risk-from-enteric-pathogens.md#box-5-4) - Small water suppliers
  * [Box 5.5](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-2/chapter-5/5.4-enteric-pathogens/5.4.3-management-of-risk-from-enteric-pathogens.md#box-5-5) - Environmental E. coli
  * [Box 5.6](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-2/chapter-5/5.4-enteric-pathogens/5.4.3-management-of-risk-from-enteric-pathogens.md#box-5-6) - Reservoirs and risk management: Understanding and managing reservoirs for control of pathogen risk (and LRVs)
  * [Box 5.7](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-2/chapter-5/5.4-enteric-pathogens/5.4.3-management-of-risk-from-enteric-pathogens.md#box-5-7) - Enteric Pathogen data
* Chapter 6: Physical and Chemical Quality of Drinking Water
  * [Box 6.1](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-2/chapter-6/6.3-chemical-quality-of-drinking-water/6.3.2-organic-compounds-revised-2011.md#box-6-1) - The Black Mountain Declaration (2007) on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Australian Waters
* Chapter 8: Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals
  * [Box 8.1](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-2/chapter-8/8.6-quality-assurance-for-drinking-water-treatment-chemicals/8.6.2-managing-risks.md#box-8-1) - Desirable components of a quality assurance system
  * [Box 8.2](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-2/chapter-8/8.6-quality-assurance-for-drinking-water-treatment-chemicals/8.6.3-specifications-for-the-supply-of-drinking-water-treatment-chemicals.md#box-8-2) - Example specification for the supply and delivery of liquid alum to a water authority
  * [Box 8.3](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-2/chapter-8/8.8-contaminants-in-drinking-water-treatment-chemicals.md#sample-calculation-for-determining-the-lead-recommended-maximum-impurity-concentration-in-alum) -  Sample calculation for determining the lead recommended maximum impurity concentration in Alum&#x20;
* Chapter 9: Overview of Monitoring
  * [Box 9.1](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-9/9.2-monitoring-overview/9.2.1-monitoring-priorities.md#box-9-1) - Monitoring priorities based on health risk
  * [Box 9.2](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-9/9.2-monitoring-overview/9.2.2-principles-of-monitoring-frequency.md#box-9-2) - Contamination events
  * [Box 9.3](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-9/9.2-monitoring-overview/9.2.3-catchment-to-consumer-monitoring.md#box-9-3) - Importance of monitoring treatment performance
  * [Box 9.4](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-9/9.4-operational-monitoring.md#box-9-4) - Critical control points
  * [Box 9.5](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-9/9.4-operational-monitoring/9.4.3-critical-limits-at-critical-control-points.md#box-9-5) - Target criteria and critical limits for filtration
  * [Box 9.6](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-9/9.5-verification-of-drinking-water-quality/9.5.1-monitoring-consumer-satisfaction.md#box-9-6) - Responding to customer complaints
  * [Box 9.7](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-9/9.7-investigative-studies-and-research-monitoring.md#box-9-7) - Baseline monitoring of new drinking water sources
  * [Box 9.8](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-9/9.7-investigative-studies-and-research-monitoring.md#box-9-8) - Investigative studies on the effect of floods on water quality
* Chapter 10: Monitoring for speciﬁc characteristics in drinking water
  * [Box 10.1](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-10/10.2-assessing-safety-short-term-evaluation-of-monitoring/10.2.1-short-term-evaluation-of-operational-monitoring.md#box-10-1) - Priorities for attention where operational criteria are not met
  * [Box 10.2](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-10/10.2-assessing-safety-short-term-evaluation-of-monitoring/10.2.1-short-term-evaluation-of-operational-monitoring.md#box-10-2) - Short-term evaluation of filtration performance
  * [Box 10.3](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-10/10.2-assessing-safety-short-term-evaluation-of-monitoring/10.2.2-short-term-evaluation-of-drinking-water-quality-monitoring.md#box-10-3) - Example response protocol for E. coli detections
  * [Box 10.4](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-10/10.2-assessing-safety-short-term-evaluation-of-monitoring/10.2.2-short-term-evaluation-of-drinking-water-quality-monitoring.md#box-10-4) - Example response protocol for Naegleria fowleri
  * [Box 10.5](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-10/10.3-assessing-performance-long-term-evaluation-of-monitoring/10.3.1-long-term-evaluation-of-microbial-performance.md#box-10-5)- Example of the long-term evaluation of filter performance
  * [Box 10.6](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/part-3/chapter-10/10.3-assessing-performance-long-term-evaluation-of-monitoring/10.3.2-long-term-evaluation-of-health-based-chemical-performance.md#box-10-6) - Assessing system performance for management of Trihalomethanes (THMs)
* Appendices
  * [Box A1.1](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/appendices/appendix-1/a1.6-preventive-measures-and-multiple-barriers.md#box-a1-1) - Catchment management and source water protection
  * [Box A3.1](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/appendices/appendix-3/a3.4-defining-the-health-outcome-target.md#box-a3-1) - Overview of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)
  * [Box A3.2](/australian-drinking-water-guidelines/appendices/appendix-3/a3.8-dose-response-relationships.md#box-a3-2) - Dose-response relationships

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