Council Directive 75/440/EEC concerning the quality required of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States.

Subject

Water

Keyword

Surface water Water quality standards Water supply Classification/declassification

Geographical area

European Union Countries

Abstract

This Directive concerns the quality requirements which surface fresh water used or intended for use in the abstraction of drinking water, hereinafter called "surface water", must meet after application of appropriate treatment. For the purposes of this Directive surface water shall be divided according to limiting values into three categories, A1, A2 and A3, which correspond to the appropriate standard methods of treatment given in Annex I. These groups correspond to three different qualities of surface water, the respective physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics of which are set out in the table given in Annex II. Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that surface water conforms to the values laid down pursuant to article 3. Each Member State shall apply this Directive without distinction to national waters and waters crossing its frontiers.

Full text

English

Website

europa.eu

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Brandenburg Surface Water Quality Ordinance

Legislation | Germany | 1997 (2010)

Keyword: Surface water, Water quality standards, Water supply, Classification/declassification, Potable water, Monitoring

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ordinance on quality required of surface waters intended for the abstraction of drinking water.

Legislation | Germany | 1997

Keyword: Surface water, Water quality standards, Water supply, Classification/declassification, Potable water, Monitoring

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ordinance on the abstraction of water from surface water for the purpose of potable water supply.

Legislation | Germany | 1997 (2003)

Keyword: Potable water, Surface water, Water supply, Standards, Classification/declassification, Water quality standards, Water abstraction

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ordinance on the abstraction of water from surface water for the purpose of potable water supply.

Legislation | Germany | 1997

Keyword: Potable water, Surface water, Water supply, Standards, Classification/declassification, Water quality standards, Water abstraction

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Surface Water Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 1997 (2003)

Keyword: Potable water, Surface water, Water supply, Standards, Classification/declassification, Water quality standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Thüringen Water Quality Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 1997

Keyword: Surface water, Water quality standards, Water supply, Classification/declassification, Potable water, Monitoring, Enforcement/compliance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ordinance on abstraction of water from surface waters for the purpose of potable water supply.

Legislation | Germany | 1997

Keyword: Surface water, Water quality standards, Water supply, Classification/declassification, Potable water, Monitoring, Water abstraction, Enforcement/compliance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ordinance on the abstraction of water from surface waters for the purpose of potable water supply.

Legislation | Germany | 1996

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Potable water, Water abstraction, Surface water, Water supply

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Real Decreto Nº 1.541/1994 - Modifica el Real Decreto Nº 927/1988, Reglamento de la Administración pública del agua y de la planificación hidrológica.

Legislation | Spain | 1994

Keyword: Standards, Water supply, Classification/declassification, Water quality standards, Surface water

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Surface Waters (Abstraction for Drinking Water) (Classification) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 3047 of 1996).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1996

Keyword: Water supply, Potable water, Water quality standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 12 on the quality of surface water intended for drinking and household purposes.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2000

Keyword: Freshwater pollution, Potable water, Pollution control, Water quality standards, Data collection/reporting, Surface water

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 11 on bathing water quality.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2002

Keyword: Thermal and medicinal waters, Recreational water use, Data collection/reporting, Water quality standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on indicators and values of acceptable pollution of surface waters and waste waters, on permits to discharge waste waters into surface water and sewerage, and on sensitive areas.

Legislation | Czechia | 2003

Keyword: Surface water, Water quality standards, Water supply, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree on the method of assessment of the status of surface water bodies, method of assessing the ecological potential of heavily modified and artificial bodies of surface water and the details on the program of the assessment of surface water.

Legislation | Czechia | 2011

Keyword: Surface water, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Water quality standards, Monitoring, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Rheinland-Pfalz Ordinance on quality requirements of surface waters intended for drinking water production.

Legislation | Germany | 1997

Keyword: Potable water, Surface water, Water supply, Standards, Classification/declassification, Water quality standards, Water abstraction, Enforcement/compliance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ordinance on abstraction of water from surface water for the purpose of potable water supply.

Legislation | Germany | 1997

Keyword: Potable water, Surface water, Water supply, Standards, Classification/declassification, Water quality standards, Water abstraction, Enforcement/compliance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy.

Legislation | European Union | 2000 (2014)

Keyword: Marine pollution, Potable water, Toxicity/poisoning, Food quality control/food safety, Basic legislation, Pollution control, Effluent waste water/discharge, Hazardous substances, Data collection/reporting, Freshwater resources management, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Groundwater, Water quality standards, Water conservation zone, Registration, River basin institution, Institution, Basin/catchment/watershed, Right to water, Transboundary effects, International relations/cooperation, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Pesticides, Human rights, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX