PART 3Protected areas

Bodies of water used for the abstraction of drinking water8

1

The appropriate agency must identify any body of water (a “drinking water protected area”) within each river basin district which—

a

is used for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption and—

i

provides more than 10 cubic metres of such water per day as an average, or

ii

serves more than 50 persons; or

b

is intended to be used for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption to the extent referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i) or (ii).

2

For each drinking water protected area, the programme of measures for the river basin district within which it is located must include measures with the aim of avoiding deterioration in the quality of the water in that area, in order to reduce the level of purification treatment required in the production of drinking water abstracted from it.