{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-of-bathing-water-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-of-bathing-water-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-4/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/231",
  "legislation_title": "The Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-of-bathing-water-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Department shall use the following standards for classification—\nStandards for inland waters\nParameter\n“Excellent”\n“Good”\n“Sufficient”\n(1)Colony forming units per 100 millilitres (“cfu/100ml”)\n(2)Based upon a 95-percentlie evaluation\n(3)Based upon a 90-percentile evaluation\nIntestinal enterococci\n200\n400\n330\nEscherichia coli\n500\n1,000\n900\nStandards for coastal and transitional waters\nParameter\n“Excellent”\n“Good”\n“Sufficient”\n(1)Colony forming units per 100 millilitres (“cfu/100ml”)\n(2)Based upon a 95-percentlie evaluation\n(3)Based upon a 90-percentile evaluation\nIntestinal enterococci\n100\n200\n185\nEscherichia coli\n250\n500\n500",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 1 in operation at 24.3.2015, see reg. 1(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1)Colony forming units per 100 millilitres (“cfu/100ml”)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "(2)Based upon a 95-percentlie evaluation"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "(3)Based upon a 90-percentile evaluation"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "(1)Colony forming units per 100 millilitres (“cfu/100ml”)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "(2)Based upon a 95-percentlie evaluation"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "(3)Based upon a 90-percentile evaluation"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/231/schedule/4/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:36:19.371496+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."
}