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Paragraph 1

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Water satisfies the requirements of this Schedule if–

(a)

the water does not contain any property, element, organism, or substance–

(i)

(other than a parameter) at a concentration or value which would be injurious to health;

(ii)

(whether or not a parameter) at a concentration or value which in conjunction with any other property, element, organism or substance it contains (whether or not a parameter) would be injurious to health;

(b)

the water does not contain–

(i)

concentrations or values of any of the parameters listed in Tables A to D in Part II of this Schedule in excess of the prescribed concentrations or values;

(ii)

concentrations of trihalomethanes (being the aggregate of the concentrations of trichloromethane, dichlorobromomethane, dibromochloromethane and tribromomethane) in excess of 100μg/l; and

(c)

in the case of water prepared from water which has been softened or desalinated, its hardness is not below a minimum concentration of 60 mg Ca/l and its alkalinity is not below a minimum concentration of 30 mg HCO3/l.