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Regulations 13 and 17
SCHEDULE 2SAMPLING FREQUENCIES
TABLE 1:
Sampling frequencies at consumers' taps
Parameters | Water Supply Zone | Sampling Frequency (number per annum) |
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| Volume distributed (m3/d) for domestic purposes | Population Supplied | Reduced | Standard | Increased |
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| | | Ground water | Surface water |
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Conductivity or | ≤100 | ≤500 | | | 4 | 12 |
hydrogen ion | 101-1000 | 501-5000 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
Odour | 1001-2000 | 5001-10000 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
(qualitative) | 2001-4000 | 10001-20000 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
Taste | 4001-7000 | 20001-35000 | 11 | 21 | 42 |
(qualitative) | 7001-10000 | 35001-50000 | 15 | 30 | 60 |
TABLE 2:
Sampling frequencies at consumers' taps
Parameters | Water Supply Zone | Sampling Frequency (number per annum) |
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| Volume distributed (m3/d) for domestic purposes | Population Supplied | Reduced | Standard | Increased |
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| | | Ground water | Surface water | | |
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Odour | | | | | | |
(quantitative) | | | | | | |
Taste | | | | | | |
(qualitative) | | | | | | |
Turbidity | ≤100 | ≤500 | | | 4 | 12 |
Temperature | 101-1000 | 501-5000 | | | 4 | 12 |
Hydrogen ion | 1001-2000 | 5001-10000 | | | 4 | 24 |
Nitrate | 2001-4000 | 10001-20000 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
Nitrite | 4001-7000 | 20001-35000 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 36 |
Ammonium | 7001-10000 | 35001-50000 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 48 |
Ammonium | | | | | | |
Iron | | | | | | |
Aluminium | | | | | | |
Manganese | | | | | | |
TABLE 3:
Sampling frequencies at consumers' taps
Parameters | Water Supply Zone | Sampling Frequency (number per annum) |
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| Volume distributed (m3/d) for domestic purposes | Population Supplied | Reduced | Standard | Increased |
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Notes
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Trihalomethanes | ≤7000 | ≤3500 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
Tetrachloromethane | | | | | |
Trichloroethene | | | | | |
Tetrachloroethene | | | | | |
Copper | | | | | |
Lead | 7001-10000 | 35001-50000 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
Zinc | | | | | |
Pesticides | | | | | |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | | | | | |
TABLE 4:
Sampling frequencies at consumers' taps
Parameters | Sampling Frequency |
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| (number per annum) |
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| Standard | Increased |
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Chloride | | |
Sulphate | | |
Calcium | | |
Magnesium | | |
Sodium | | |
Potassium | | |
Dry residues | | |
Oxidizability | | |
(permanganate value) | | |
Total organic carbon | | |
Boron | | |
Surfactants | | |
Phosphorus | 1 | 12 |
Fluoride | | |
Barium | | |
Silver | | |
Arsenic | | |
Cadmium | | |
Cyanide | | |
Chromium | | |
Mercury | | |
>Nickel | | |
Antimony | | |
Selenium | | |
Total hardness | | |
Alkalinity | | |
TABLE 5:
Sampling frequencies at supplyh points
Water Supply Zone or Combination of Zones | Sampling Frequency (number per annum) |
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Volume distributed (m3/d) for domestic purposes | Population Supplied | Table 1 Parameters | Table 2 Parameters | Table 3 Parameters | Table 4 Parameters |
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| | Reduced | Standard | Increased | Reduced | Standard | Increased | Reduced | Standard | Increased | Reduced | Standard | Increased |
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| | GW | SW | | | GW | SW | | | GW | SW | | | GW | SW |
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GW = Ground water
SW = Surface water
|
|
≤100 | ≤500 | | | 4 | 12 | | | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | | | 1 | 12 |
101-1000 | 501-5000 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | | | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | | | 1 | 12 |
1001-2000 | 5001-10000 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | | | 4 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | | | 1 | 12 |
2001-4000 | 10001-20000 | 6 | 12 | 24 | | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | | | 1 | 12 |
4001-10000 | 20001-50000 | 15 | 30 | 60 | | 4 | 5 | 10 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | | | 1 | 12 |
1001-20000 | 50001-100000 | 30 | 60 | 120 | | 5 | 10 | 20 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
20001-30000 | 100001-150000 | 45 | 90 | 180 | | 8 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
30001-60000 | 150001-300000 | 90 | 180 | 360 | | 15 | 30 | 60 | 120 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 24 |
60001-100000 | 300001-500000 | 90 | 180 | 360 | | 30 | 60 | 120 | | 3 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
100001-200000 | 500001-1000000 | 90 | 180 | 360 | | 30 | 60 | 120 | | 5 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 36 |
TABLE 6:
Sampling frequencies at consumers' taps
Parameters | Water Supply Zone | Sampling Frequency (number per annum) |
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| Volume distributed (m3/d) for domestic purposes | Population Supplied | Standard |
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Total Coliforms | ≤100 | ≤500 | 12 |
Faecal coliforms | 101-1000 | 501-5000 | 12 |
Residual disinfectant | 1001-2000 | 5001-10000 | 24 |
Colony counts | 2001-4000 | 10001-20000 | 48 |
| | 20001-50000 | at the rate of 12 per 5000 population except in the case of colony counts where the standard number is 52 |
TABLE 7:
Sampling frequencies for treatment works
Parameters | Volume of water supplied (m3/d) for domestic purposes | Sampling frequency (number per annum) |
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| | Reduced | Standard |
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1. Total and faecal coliforms, | ≤2000 | 12 | 52 |
residual disinfectant and | 2001-6000 | 52 | 104 |
colony counts | | | |
2. Total and faecal coliforms | 6001-12000 | 104 | 208 |
and residual disinfectant | >12000 | 104 | 365 |
3. Colony counts | >6000 | 52 | 104 |
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