{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-scotland-regulations-1992/schedule-3/part-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-scotland-regulations-1992/schedule-3/part-II.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/575",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-scotland-regulations-1992",
  "path": "schedule/3/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "PARAMETERS",
  "text": "Basic parameters\nAdditional Parameters\n(1)\n(2)\nNotes:\n(1) Samples need not be analysed for lead if there are reasonable grounds for believing that lead pipework or solder is not present in the plumbing of the property or that naturally occurring lead is not present in the water.\n(2) Samples need not be analysed for nitrate if there are reasonable grounds for believing that nitrate levels in the locality concerned are below 25 mg NO3/l.\n(3) Samples should not be assessed qualitatively for taste if there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the water may give rise to a health hazard.\n(4) The sum of the detected concentrations of fluoranthene, benzo 3.4 fluoranthene, benzo 11.12 fluo ranthene, benzo 3.4 pyrene, benzo 1.12 perylene and indeno (1,2,3,-cd) pyrene.\nHydrogen ion\nOdour (quantitative)\nZinc\nFluoride\nConductivity\nTaste (quantitative)\nPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(4)\nBarium\nTotal coliforms\nTemperature\nSilver\nFaecal coliforms\nNitrite\nChloride\nArsenic\nLead(1)\nAmmonium\nSulphate\nCadmium\nNitrate(2)\nIron\nCalcium\nCyanide\nOdour (qualitative)\nAluminium\nMagnesium\nChromium\nTaste (qualitative)(3)\nManganese\nSodium\nMercury\nTurbidity\nColour\nPotassium\nNickel\nTrihalomethanes\nDry residues\nAntimony\nTetrachloromethane\nOxidizability\nSelenium\nTricholoroethene\n(permanganate value)\nTotal hardness\nTetrachloroethene\nTotal organic carbon\nAlkalinity\nCopper\nBoron\nResidual disinfectant\nSurfactants\nColony counts\nPhosphorus",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev. in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1856",
      "affecting_title": "The Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1856",
      "affecting_title": "The Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev. in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1856",
      "affecting_title": "The Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/575/schedule/3/part/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:26:40.255710+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."
}