PART 3Amendment of Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014

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) ”;

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”.