The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (revoked)

”Regulation 17

SCHEDULE S SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 3 TO THE NATURAL MINERAL WATER, SPRING WATER AND BOTTLED DRINKING WATER (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 1999

Regulations 2(1), 11, 12 and 16

“SCHEDULE 3 S Requirements for spring water and drinking water including prescribed concentrations or values of parameters

PART I S Requirements for spring water and drinking water

1.   Water satisfies the requirements of this Schedule if–

(a) the water does not contain–

(i) any micro organism (other than a parameter) or parasite; or

(ii) any property, element or substance (other than a parameter),

at a concentration or value which would constitute a potential danger to human health;

(b) the water does not contain any substance (whether or not a parameter) at a concentration or value which, in conjunction with any other property, element, substance or organism it contains (whether or not a parameter), would constitute a potential danger to human health;

(c) the water does not contain concentrations or values of any of the parameters listed in Tables A to D in Part II of this Schedule in excess of the prescribed concentrations or values; and

(c) in the case of water prepared from water which has been softened or disalinated, its hardness is not below a minimum concentration of 60mg Ca/l.

2.   The concentrations or values of the parameters listed in Tables A to D in Part II of this Schedule shall be read in conjunction with the notes thereto.

PART II S Prescribed concentrations or values

 

TABLE A

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Parameters	Units of Measurement	Concentration or Value (maximum unless otherwise stated)
1.	Colour	mg/1 Pt/Co scale	20
2.	Turbidity	NTU	4
3.	Odour	Dilution number	3 at 25°C
4.	Taste	Dilution number	3 at 25°C
5.	Sulphate	mg So4/l	250
6.	Sodium	mg Na/l	200
7.	Nitrate	mg/N03/l	50 (note 1)
8.	Nitrite	mg NO2/l	0.5 (note 1)
9.	Aluminium	μg Al/l	200
10.	Copper	mg Cu/l	2
11.	Fluoride	mg F/l	1.5
12.	Hydrogen ion concentration	pH units	6.5 (minimum) 9.5 (maximum)
13.	Tritium (for radioactivity)	Bq/l	100
14.	Total indicative dose	mSv/year	0.10 (note 2)
15.	Manganese	μg Mn/l	50

NOTES

Note 1: The concentration (mg/l) of nitrate divided by 50 added to the concentration (mg/l) of nitrite divided by 3 must not exceed 1.

Note 2: Excluding tritium, potassium-40, radon and radon decay products.

TABLE B

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Parameters	Units of Measurement	Maximum Concentration
1.	Arsenic	μg As/l	10
2.	Cadmium	μg Cd/l	5
3.	Cyanide	μg Cn/l	50
4.	Chromium	μg Cr/l	50
5.	Mercury	μg Hg/l	1
6.	Nickel	μg Ni/l	20
7.	Selenium	μg Se/l	10
8.	Antimony	μg Sb/l	5
9.	Lead	μg Pb/l	10
10.	Pesticides and related products:
	(a) individual substances	μg/l	0.10 (notes 1 and 2)
	(b) total substances	μg/l	0.50 (notes 1 and 3)
11.	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons	μg/l	0.1 sum of concentrations of specified compounds (note 4)
12.	Bromate	μg Br03/l	10

NOTES

Note 1: “Pesticides” means:

• – organic insecticides,

• – organic herbicides,

• – organic fungicides,

• – organic nematocides,

• – organic acaricides,

• – organic algicides,

• – organic rodenticides,

• – organic slimicides,

related products (inter alia, growth regulators) and their relevant metabolites, degradation and reaction products.

Only those pesticides which are likely to be present in a given water need to be monitored.

Note 2: The maximum concentration applies to each individual pesticide. In the case of aldrin, dieldrin, heptaclor and heptachlor epoxide the maximum concentration is 0.030 μg/l.

Note 3: The maximum concentration for “total substances” refers to the sum of the concentrations of all individual pesticides detected and quantified in the monitoring procedure.

Note 4: The specified compounds are benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, benzo(ghi)perylene, indeno(1,2,3 cd) pyrene.

TABLE C

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Parameters	Units of Measurement	Maximum Concentration
1.	Escherichia coli (E.coli)	number/250 ml	0/250 ml
2.	Enterococci	number/250 ml	0/250 ml
3.	Colony count 22°C	number/ml	100 ml (notes 1 and 2)
4.	Colony count 37°C	number/ml	20 ml (notes 1 and 3)
5.	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	number/250 ml	0/250 ml

NOTES

Note 1: The total viable colony count should be measured within 12 hours of bottling, with the sample water being kept at a constant temperature during that 12 hour period. Any increase in total viable colony count of the water between 12 hours after bottling and the time of the sale should not be greater than that normally expected.

Note 2: In 72 hours on agar-agar or an agar-gelatine mixture.

Note 3: In 24 hours on agar-agar.

TABLE D

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Parameters	Units of Measurement	Maximum Concentration
1.	Boron	mg B/l	1.0
2.	Benzo (a) pyrene	μg/l	0.010
3.	Tetrachloroethene and Trichloroethene	μg/l	10 (note 1)
4.	Tetrachloromethane	μg/l	3
5.	Benzene	μg/l	1.0
6.	1,2 dichloroethane	μg/l	3.0
7.	Trichloromethane, Dichlorobromomethane, Dibromochloromethane and Tribromomethane	μg/l	100 (note 1)
8.	Epichlorohydrin	μg/l	0.10 (note 2)
9.	Vinyl chloride	μg/l	0.50 (note 2)
10.	Acrylamide	μg/l	0.10 (note 2)

NOTES

Note 1: The maximum concentration specified applies to the sum of the concentrations of the specified parameters.

Note 2: 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.”