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Paragraph 26

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

In Schedule 3–

(a)

in Tables 1, 3 and 5 to 7, after “domestic purposes” wherever they occur insert “(and, if water is supplied for food production purposes, for those purposes)”;

(b)

for Table 2 substitute–

“

Table 2: Sampling frequencies at consumers' taps

ParametersWater Supply ZoneSampling Frequency (number per annum)
Volume distributed (m3/d) for domestic purposes (and, if water is supplied for food production purposes, for those purposes)Population SuppliedReducedStandardIncreased
Ground WaterSurface Water

Turbidity

Temperature

Hydrogen ion

Nitrate

Nitrite

Ammonium

Iron

Aluminium

Manganese

Colour

≤100

101-1000

1001-2000

2001-4000

4001-7000

7001-10000

≤500

501-5000

5001-10000

10001-20000

20001-35000

35001-50000

4

4

4

4

5

5

4

4

4

6

10

10

12

12

24

24

36

48

”

“

Table 2A: Sampling frequencies at consumers' taps

ParametersWater Supply ZoneSampling Frequency (number per annum)
Volume distributed (m3/d) for domestic purposes (and, if water is supplied for food production purposes, for those purposes)Population SuppliedReducedStandardIncreased
Ground WaterSurface Water

Odour

(quantitative)

Taste

(quantitative)

≤100

101-1000

1001-2000

2001-4000

4001-7000

7001-10000

≤500

501-5000

5001-10000

10001-20000

20001-35000

35001-50000

1

1

1

1

1

2

4

5

5

4

4

4

6

10

10

12

12

24

24

36

48

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(c)

in Table 6, after “standard number is 52.” insert “In cases where the population is not an exact multiple of 5000, the population figure should be rounded up to the nearest multiple of 5000”.