Regulation 4 WholesomenessI1
England and Wales
(1)
A private water supply is to be regarded as wholesome if all the following conditions are met—
(a)
it does not contain any micro-organism, parasite or substance, alone or in conjunction with any other substance, at a concentration or value that would constitute a potential danger to human health;
(b)
it complies with the prescribed concentration or value for each parameter; and
(c)
the water satisfies the formula “[nitrate]/50 + [nitrite]/3 ≤ 1”, where the square brackets signify the concentrations in mg/1 for nitrate (NO3) and nitrite (NO2).
(2)
A reference in these Regulations to water being unwholesome means the requirements in paragraph (1) not being met.
Annotations
Commencement
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Reg. 4 in force at 20.11.2017, see reg. 1