PART 3Amendment of Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014
Amendment of regulation 213
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the 2014 Regulations, after the definition of “human consumption purposes” insert—
“indicative dose” means the committed effective dose for one year of ingestion resulting from all radionuclides whose presence has been detected in a supply of water intended for human consumption purposes, of natural and artificial origin, but excluding tritium, potassium-40, radon and short-lived radon decay products;
Amendment of regulation 6F114
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Amendment of regulation 9F415
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Amendment of Schedule 116
In Schedule 1 (prescribed concentrations and values) to the 2014 Regulations—
a
in Part 2 of Table C (indicator parameters)—
i
in the entry for item 14 (indicative dose), omit “/year”;
ii
after that entry, insert—
14A.
Radon(e)
100
Bq/l
Supply point(b)
iii
in the entry for item 15 (tritium), after “Tritium” insert “
(f)
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b
in the notes to Table C, after the note for “(d)” insert—
e
Remedial action is to be deemed justified on radiological protection grounds, without further consideration, where radon concentrations exceed 1,000 Bq/l.
f
If the concentration of tritium exceeds this value, an analysis of the presence of other artificial radionuclides must be also carried out by Scottish Water.
c
after Table C (and the notes to that table), omit the definition of “Indicative dose”.
Amendment of Schedule 217
In Schedule 2 (monitoring) to the 2014 Regulations—
F2a
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F2b
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c
after Table 4, in the final paragraph, omit “ “Indicative dose”,”.
Insertion of Schedule 2AF518
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Insertion of Schedule 3AF319
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