Paragraph 2

in paragraph (2), after the words “or cooking” in both places where they occur insert “or for food production purposes” ^f1 and for “those domestic purposes” substitute “those purposes”;

in paragraph (3)(c), for “and (6) below” substitute “to (8) below”;

in paragraph (5), omit “solely” and after “(sodium) if” insert “at least”;

for paragraph (6), substitute the following paragraph–

“(6)

Water shall not be regarded as unwholesome by virtue of paragraph (3)(c) above because the maximum concentration for the total coliforms parameter (item 1 of Table C) is exceeded–

(a)

in a case where 50 or more samples have been taken in accordance with these Regulations within the preceding 12 months from sampling points within the water supply zone in question, if the results of analysis of all those samples establish that in at least 95% of those samples coliforms were absent; or

(b)

in a case where less than 50 samples have been so taken within the preceding 12 months, if the results of analysis of the last 50 samples so taken establish that in at least 48 of those samples coliforms were absent.”;

in paragraph (7), at the beginning insert “Subject to paragraph (8) below,”, after “paragraph (2)” insert “or for food production purposes” and omit “domestic” in the second place where it occurs;

after paragraph (7), insert the following paragraph–

“(8)

Water transferred from a service reservoir for supply for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (7) shall not be regarded as unwholesome for the purposes of Chapter II because the maximum concentration for the total coliforms parameter (item 1 of Table C) is exceeded if the results of analysis of all samples taken in accordance with these Regulations in each week in which the reservoir in question is in use in the preceding 12 months establish that in at least 95% of those samples coliforms were absent.”.