{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-741/annex-I/section-2/division-1/division-a",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-741/annex-I/section-2/division-1/division-a.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/741",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2020/741 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 2020 on minimum requirements for water reuse (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-741",
  "path": "annex/I/section/2/division/1/division/a",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "(a)",
  "heading": "Minimum requirements for water quality",
  "text": "Table 2 – Reclaimed water quality requirements for agricultural irrigation\nReclaimed water quality class\nIndicative technology target\nQuality requirements\nE. coli(number/100 ml)\nBOD5(mg/l)\nTSS(mg/l)\nTurbidity(NTU)\nOther\nA\nSecondary treatment, filtration, and disinfection\n≤ 10\n≤ 10\n≤ 10\n≤ 5\nLegionella spp.: < 1 000 cfu/l where there is a risk of aerosolisation\nIntestinal nematodes (helminth eggs): ≤ 1 egg/l for irrigation of pastures or forage\nB\nSecondary treatment, and disinfection\n≤ 100\nIn accordance with Directive 91/271/EEC\n(Annex I, Table 1)\nIn accordance with Directive 91/271/EEC\n(Annex I, Table 1)\n-\nC\nSecondary treatment, and disinfection\n≤ 1 000\n-\nD\nSecondary treatment, and disinfection\n≤ 10 000\n-\nReclaimed water shall be considered to be in compliance with the requirements set out in Table 2 where the measurements for that reclaimed water meet all of the following criteria:\nthe indicated values for E. coli, Legionella spp. and intestinal nematodes are met in 90 % or more of the samples; none of the values of the samples exceed the maximum deviation limit of 1 log unit from the indicated value for E. coli and Legionella spp. and 100 % of the indicated value for intestinal nematodes;\nthe indicated values for BOD5, TSS, and turbidity in Class A are met in 90 % or more of the samples; none of the values of the samples exceed the maximum deviation limit of 100 % of the indicated value.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/741/annex/I/section/2/division/1/division/a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:35.836372+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}