Epichlorohydrin (ECH) can enter drinking-water supplies due to leaching from epoxy resins in contact with water and/or through the use of flocculating water treatment agents. Potential human exposure from drinking waters poses a particular concern on account of toxicological studies showing severe acute and long-term toxic effects of ECH. Recently a parametric value of 0.1 μg/L for ECH in drinking water has been established by European Union. A few methods for ECH determination in water are available. However, they usually adopt cumbersome procedures for sample preparation and provide sensitivity not matching the EU criteria for water monitoring purposes. In this study we investigated the analytical performance of gas extraction techniques, such as static headspace (HS) and purge and trap (P&T), coupled to gas chromatography (GC) with an electron capture detector (GC-ECD) for the determination of ECH in drinking water. The influence of different parameters affecting the analytical response was studied in details in order to enhance the method sensitivity, thus fulfilling the regulatory requirements. The P&T GC-ECD method was proved capable of determining ECH in water for human consumption at a detection limit of 0.01 μg/L fully complying the regulatory levels. On the contrary, the HS GC-ECD method is far less sensitive (LOD≅40 μg/L) than the previous cited method. The P&T GC-ECD method is simple, rapid, automated, safe for operators and does not require large sample volumes. Therefore, it is useful for routine laboratory activities both for control and research actions.