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Paragraph 1 I1

Northern Ireland

The Department shall use the following standards for classification—

Standards for inland waters

Parameter“Excellent”“Good”“Sufficient”
(1)

Colony forming units per 100 millilitres (“cfu/100ml”)

(2)

Based upon a 95-percentlie evaluation

(3)

Based upon a 90-percentile evaluation

Intestinal enterococci f1200 f2400 330 f3
Escherichia coli 500 1,000 900

Standards for coastal and transitional waters

Parameter“Excellent”“Good”“Sufficient”
(1)

Colony forming units per 100 millilitres (“cfu/100ml”)

(2)

Based upon a 95-percentlie evaluation

(3)

Based upon a 90-percentile evaluation

Intestinal enterococci f4100 f5200 185 f6
Escherichia coli 250 500 500

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 4 para. 1 in operation at 24.3.2015, see reg. 1(5)

Footnotes

f1

(1)

Colony forming units per 100 millilitres (“cfu/100ml”)

f2

(2)

Based upon a 95-percentlie evaluation

f3

(3)

Based upon a 90-percentile evaluation

f4

(1)

Colony forming units per 100 millilitres (“cfu/100ml”)

f5

(2)

Based upon a 95-percentlie evaluation

f6

(3)

Based upon a 90-percentile evaluation