{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-intended-for-human-consumption-private-supplies-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-intended-for-human-consumption-private-supplies-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/282",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Intended for Human Consumption (Private Supplies) (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-intended-for-human-consumption-private-supplies-scotland-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Water quality standards",
  "text": "(1) At each point of compliance, water must not contain—\n(a) a micro-organism, parasite or substance which (in number or concentration) poses a potential danger to human health; or\n(b) a parameter which exceeds its parametric value in Table A or Table B.\n(2) At the point of compliance, the sum of the following must not exceed 1 mg/l:—\n(a) nitrate (in mg/l) in the water, divided by 50; plus\n(b) nitrite (in mg/l) in the water, divided by 3.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 14 in force at 27.10.2017, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/282/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:17:02.229514+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."
}