# The Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006, Schedule 5: ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY


Table B
Parameters in relation to which methods of analysis must satisfy prescribed characteristics
(1)Item No.
(2)Parameters
(3)Trueness % of prescribed concentration or value or specification
(4)Precision % of prescribed concentration or value or specification
(5)Limit of detection % of prescribed concentration or value or specification
1.
Aluminium
10
10
10
2.
Ammonium
10
10
10
3.
Antimony
25
25
25
4.
Arsenic
10
10
10
5.
Benzene
25
25
25
6.
Benzo(a)pyrene
25
25
25
7.
Boron
10
10
10
8.
Bromate
25
25
25
9.
Cadmium
10
10
10
10.
Chloride
10
10
10
11.
Chromium
10
10
10
12.
Colour
10
10
10
13.
Conductivity
10
10
10
14.
Copper
10
10
10
15.
Cyanide(i)
10
10
10
16.
1,2–dichloroethane
25
25
25
17.
Fluoride
10
10
10
18.
Iron
10
10
10
19.
Lead
10
10
10
20.
Manganese
10
10
10
21.
Mercury
20
10
20
22.
Nickel
10
10
10
23.
Nitrate
10
10
10
24.
Nitrite
10
10
10
25.
Pesticides and related products(ii)
25
25
25
26.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(iii)
25
25
25
27.
Selenium
10
10
10
28.
Sodium
10
10
10
29.
Sulphate
10
10
10
30.
Tetrachloroethene(iv)
25
25
10
31.
Tetrachloromethane
20
20
20
32.
Trichloroethene(iv)
25
25
10
33.
Trihalomethanes:Total(iii)
25
25
10
34.
Turbidity(v)
10
10
10

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/209/schedule/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-scotland-regulations-2006/schedule-5
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