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Regulation 10
Regulations 10 and 13
Water bottled and labelled as “spring water” and bottled drinking water meet the requirements of this Schedule if—
(a)in relation to each of the parameters specified in the first column of the tables in Part 2 (microbiological parameters) and Part 3 (chemical parameters), it does not contain the parameter at a concentration or value exceeding the concentration or value specified for that parameter in the second column of the relevant table—
(i)as measured by reference to the unit of measurement specified in the third column of the relevant table, and
(ii)as read, in the case of the table in Part 3, with any further provision relating to the parameter, or concentration or value for the parameter, specified in the fourth column of the table,
(b)in relation to each of the parameters specified in the first column of the table in Part 4 (radioactive substances), it does not contain the parameter at an activity concentration or value exceeding the activity concentration or value specified for that parameter in the second column of the relevant table as measured by reference to the unit of measurement specified in the third column of the table,
(c)it does not contain (disregarding any parameters covered by sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)), any micro-organism, parasite or any other property, element or substance at a concentration or value that would constitute a potential danger to human health, and
(d)it does not contain any substance (whether or not a parameter) at a concentration or value that, 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.
Parameter | Parametric value | Unit of measurement |
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Escherichia coli (E. coli) | 0/250 ml | number/250 ml |
Enterococci | 0/250 ml | number/250 ml |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0/250 ml | number/250ml |
Colony count 22ºC | 100/ml | number/ml |
Colony count 37ºC | 20/ml | number/ml |
Parameter | Parametric concentration | Unit of measurement | Further provision |
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Acrylamide | 0.10 | µg/l | |
Antimony | 5.0 | µg Sb/l | |
Arsenic | 10 | µg As/l | |
Benzene | 1.0 | µg/l | |
Benzo(a)pyrene | 0.010 | µg/l | |
Boron | 1.0 | mg/l | |
Bromate | 10 | µg/l BrO3/l | |
Cadmium | 5.0 | µg Cd/l | |
Chromium | 50 | µg Cr/l | |
Copper | 2.0 | mg Cu/l | |
Cyanide | 50 | µg CN/l | |
1,2-dichloroethane | 3.0 | µg/l | |
Epichlorohydrin | 0.10 | µg/l | |
Fluoride | 1.5 | mg F/l | |
Lead | 10 | µg Pb/l | |
Mercury | 1.0 | µg Hg/l | |
Nickel | 20 | µg Ni/l | |
Nitrate | 50 | mg NO3/l | The concentration (mg/l) of nitrate divided by 50 added to the concentration (mg/l) of nitrite divided by 3 must not exceed 1. |
Nitrite | 0.50 | mg NO2/l | The concentration (mg/l) of nitrate divided by 50 added to the concentration (mg/l) of nitrite divided by 3 must not exceed 1. |
Pesticides— | Only those pesticides which are likely to be present in a given water must be monitored. | ||
(a) individual substances— | |||
(i) in the case of aldrin, dieldrin, heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide | 0.030 | µg/l | The parametric concentration applies to each individual pesticide. |
(ii) in the case of other individual pesticides | 0.10 | µg/l | The parametric concentration applies to each individual pesticide. |
(b) total pesticides | 0.50 | µg/l | The concentration for “total pesticides” refers to the total sum of the concentrations of all the individual pesticides detected and quantified in the monitoring procedure. |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | 0.10 | µg/l | The parametric concentration applies to the total sum of the concentrations of all the individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons detected and quantified in the monitoring procedure. |
Selenium | 10 | µg Se/l | |
Tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene | 10 | µg/l | The parametric concentration applies to the total sum of the concentrations of both of the parameters specified in the first column. |
Trichloromethanes | 100 | µg/l | The parametric concentration applies to the total sum of the concentrations of all the individual trichloromethanes detected and quantified in the monitoring procedure. |
Vinyl chloride | 0.50 | µg/l |
Parameter | Parametric activity concentration or value | Unit of Measurement |
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Radon | 100 | Bq/l |
Tritium | 100 | Bq/l |
Indicative Dose | 0.10 | mSv” |
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