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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Scottish Statutory Instrument: The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014 No. 364
Regulation 2(1) and (4)
(1) Item | (2) Parameter | (3) Concentration or value (maximum) | (4) Units of measurement | (5) Point of compliance |
---|---|---|---|---|
(a) The parametric values in Part 2 are not required to protect human health (since the parametric values in Part 1 are sufficient for that purpose). The values in Part 2 are not therefore set for the purposes of Article 5(3) of the Directive. | ||||
(b) Compliance required as to 95% of samples from each service reservoir (regulation 4(4)). | ||||
Part 1 | ||||
1. | Enterococci | 0 | Number/100ml | Consumer’s tap |
2. | Escherichia coli | 0 | Number/100ml | Consumer’s tap |
Part 2(a) | ||||
3. | Coliform bacteria | 0 | Number/100ml | Service reservoir(b) |
0 | Number/100ml | Treatment works | ||
4. | Escherichia coli | 0 | Number/100ml | Service reservoir |
0 | Number/100ml | Treatment works | ||
Notes— |
(1) Item | (2) Parameter | (3) Concentration or value (maximum) | (4) Units of measurement | (5) Point of compliance |
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(a) The parametric value refers to the residual monomer concentration in the water as calculated according to specifications of the maximum release from the corresponding polymer in contact with the water. This is controlled by product specification. | ||||
(b) See also regulation 6(6). | ||||
(c) See also regulation 4(2)(c). | ||||
(d) The corresponding parametric value applies to each ‘other pesticide’ individually. | ||||
(e) The parametric values in this Part are not required to protect human health (since the parametric values in Part 1 are sufficient for that purpose). The values in Part 2 are not therefore set for the purposes of Article 5(3) of the Directive. | ||||
Part 1 | ||||
1. | Acrylamide(a) | 0.10 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap |
2. | Antimony | 5.0 | μgSb/l | Consumer’s tap |
3. | Arsenic | 10 | μgAs/l | Consumer’s tap |
4. | Benzene | 1.0 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap |
5. | Benzo(a)pyrene | 0.010 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap |
6. | Boron | 1.0 | mgB/l | Consumer’s tap |
7. | Bromate | 10 | μgBrO3/l | Consumer’s tap |
8. | Cadmium | 5.0 | μgCd/l | Consumer’s tap |
9. | Chromium | 50 | μgCr/l | Consumer’s tap |
10. | Copper(b) | 2.0 | mgCu/l | Consumer’s tap |
11. | Cyanide | 50 | μgCN/l | Consumer’s tap |
12. | 1,2-dichloroethane | 3.0 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap |
13. | Epichlorohydrin(a) | 0.10 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap |
14. | Fluoride | 1.5 | mgF/l | Consumer’s tap |
15. | Lead(b) | 10 | μgPb/l | Consumer’s tap |
16. | Mercury | 1.0 | μgHg/l | Consumer’s tap |
17. | Nickel(b) | 20 | μgNi/l | Consumer’s tap |
18. | Nitrate(c) | 50 | mgNO3/l | Consumer’s tap |
19. | Nitrite(c) | 0.50 | mgNO2/l | Consumer’s tap |
0.10 | mgNO2/l | Treatment works | ||
20. | Pesticide— | |||
Aldrin | 0.030 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap | |
Dieldrin | 0.030 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap | |
Heptachlor | 0.030 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap | |
Heptachlor epoxide | 0.030 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap | |
Other pesticide(d) | 0.10 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap | |
21. | Pesticides: Total | 0.50 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap |
22. | PAH: Total | 0.10 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap |
23. | Selenium | 10 | μgSe/l | Consumer’s tap |
24. | Tetrachloroethene and Trichloroethene | 10 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap |
25. | THM: Total | 100 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap |
26. | Vinyl chloride(a) | 0.50 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap |
Part 2(e) | ||||
27. | Aluminium | 200 | μgAl/l | Consumer’s tap |
28. | Colour | 20 | mg/l Pt/Co | Consumer’s tap |
29. | Iron | 200 | μgFe/l | Consumer’s tap |
30. | Manganese | 50 | μgMn/l | Consumer’s tap |
31. | Sodium | 200 | mgNa/l | Consumer’s tap |
32. | Tetrachloromethane | 3 | μg/l | Consumer’s tap |
33. | Turbidity | 4 | NTU | Consumer’s tap |
Notes— |
(1) Item | (2) Parameter | (3) Concentration or value (maximum) or state | (4) Units of measurement | (5) Point of monitoring |
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(a) The water should not be aggressive. | ||||
(b) In the event that the use of samples from a point within a water supply zone has not be been authorised for this parameter under regulation 8, the point of monitoring is instead the consumer’s tap. | ||||
(c) This value, in so far as the point of monitoring is a service reservoir, is not set for the purposes of Article 5(3) of the Directive. | ||||
(d) This value, in so far as the point of monitoring is a treatment works, is not set for the purposes of Article 5(3) of the Directive. | ||||
Part 1 | ||||
1. | Ammonium | 0.50 | mgNH4/l | Consumer’s tap |
2. | Chloride(a) | 250 | mgCl/l | Supply point(b) |
3. | Clostridium perfringens (including spores) | 0 | Number/100ml | Supply point(b) |
4. | Coliform bacteria | 0 | Number/100ml | Consumer’s tap |
5. | Colony count | No abnormal change | Number/1ml at 22°C and at 37°C | Consumer’s tap |
Service reservoir(c) | ||||
Treatment works(d) | ||||
6. | Colour | Acceptable to consumers and no abnormal change | Consumer’s tap | |
7. | Conductivity(a) | 2500 | μS/cm at 20°C | Supply point(b) |
8. | Hydrogen ion | 9.5 | pH value | Consumer’s tap |
6.5 (minimum) | ||||
9. | Odour | Acceptable to consumers and no abnormal change | Consumer’s tap | |
10. | Sulphate(a) | 250 | mgSO4/l | Supply point(b) |
11. | Taste | Acceptable to consumers and no abnormal change | Consumer’s tap | |
12. | Total organic carbon | No abnormal change | mgC/l | Supply point(b) |
13. | Turbidity | 1 | NTU | Treatment works |
Part 2 | ||||
14. | Indicative dose | 0.10 | mSv/year | Supply point(b) |
15. | Tritium | 100 | Bq/l | Supply point(b) |
Notes— |
In this Schedule—
“Indicative dose” means the committed effective dose for one year of ingestion resulting from all the radionuclides (whose presence has been detected in water supplied for human consumption purposes) of natural and artificial origin, but excluding tritium, potassium-40, radon and radon decay products;
“NTU” means Nephelometric Turbidity Unit;
“PAH: Total” means the sum of the concentrations of the following polyaromatic hydrocarbons: benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, benzo(ghi)perylene and indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene;
“Pesticide” means an organic insecticide, herbicide, fungicide, nematocide, acaricide, algicide, rodenticide, slimicide, molluscicide or related product (including a growth regulator), and includes the relevant metabolites, degradation and reaction products of that pesticide;
“Pesticides: Total” refers to the sum of the concentrations of each pesticide detected and quantified in the monitoring procedure;
“Tetrachloroethene and Trichloroethene” means the sum of the concentrations of tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene; and
“THM: Total” means the sum of the concentrations of the following trihalomethanes: chloroform, bromoform, dibromochloromethane and bromodichloromethane.
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