The Water Supply (Water Quality) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

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Regulation 38

SCHEDULE 6
PROGRAMMES OF WORK

A water authority’s programme of work shall—

(a) identify, by reference to the parameters set out in the Table below, those parameters in respect of which the requirements of regulation 38(1)(a) and (b) are unlikely to be satisfied unless steps are taken to secure that those requirements will be met;

(b) state whether the formula [nitrate]/50 + [nitrite]/3 = 1, where the square brackets signify the concentrations in mg/l for nitrate (NO3) and nitrite (NO2) is likely to be satisfied;.

(c) specify the steps that the water authority intends to take for the purpose of securing that the requirements of regulation 38(1)(a) and (b) are met;

(d) specify the date by which each of the steps specified in accordance with paragraph (c) is proposed to be completed; and

(e) specify the times at which, or the periods within which, reports will be made to the Scottish Ministers in relation to the taking and completion of the steps specified in accordance with paragraph (c).

TABLE

Coliform bacteria

E. coli

Enterococci

Acrylamide

Antimony

Arsenic

Benzene

Benzo(a)pyrene

Boron

Bromate

Copper

1,2-dichloroethane

Epichlorohydrin

Lead

Nickel

Nitrite

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Tetrachloroethene ) sum of concentrations
Trichloroethene )

Trihalomethanes -Total (sum of concentrations of chloroform, bromoform, dibromochloromethane and bromodichloromethane)

Vinyl chloride

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