Аннотация
The article uses a case study of drinking water produced by desalination plants "Caspiy" to review the results of predictive comprehensive assessment of drinking water in terms of chemical safety on the basis of nonthreshold public health risk assessment.Hazard assessment of source water (Caspian Sea) revealed 11 out of 19 priority pollutants that the water was tested for.The analysis did not reveal any carcinogenic substances.Total risk of reflex and olfactory responses and non-carcinogenic health effects in consumption of drinking water supplied through the distribution network did not exceed the permissible level for individual substances and the compound action.Additional water quality control measures were not required.Keywords: Kazakhstan; drinking water