Environment Health Act of 1975. Country/Territory Sudan Document type Legislation Date 1975 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition, Water Keyword Potable water Hygiene/sanitary procedures Food quality control/food safety Water supply Water quality standards Freshwater pollution Pollution control Geographical area Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Near East and North Africa, Northern Africa, Red Sea & Gulf of Aden, Sahel Abstract This Act provides for the conservation of water and the prevention of the spreading of epidemics. Chapter III here reproduced provides for the control of the quality of drinking water. The health authorities, in any Department, should undertake: (a) the supervision of public and private water sources as well as drinking water projects; samples of water should be taken to ensure its quality and that it is unpolluted; (b) inspection of water networks or any other water sources in towns and villages in order to ensure the supply of unpolluted water to the population; (c) regulation medical examination of personnel working in source networks, or in supply (units) of drinking water in order to ensure that they are free from any communicable diseases which may be widely transmitted through the water; (d) purify water sources from pollution so that they can be exploited. Any person or (institution) responsible for storing or supplying the population with drinking water, whether belonging to the public or the private sector, should conform to the health conditions as laid down by the Minister of Health. Full text English References - Legislation Repealed by Environment Health Act No. 1 of 2009. Legislation | Sudan | 2009 Keyword: Basic legislation, Institution, Environmental planning, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Public health, International trade, Solid waste, Processing/handling, Air quality/air pollution, Pollution control, Inspection, Policy/planning, Waste management, Waste disposal, Effluent waste water/discharge, Protection of environment, Potable water, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX