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Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Regulation 1998.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Queensland
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998 (1999)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Water supply Freshwater resources management Potable water
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

This regulation implements the Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1963 (13 sections). It regulates the notification of addition of fluorine to be done by local governments to the chief executive (sect. 5), it specifies which fluorine forms may be added to public water supplies (sect. 6) and their minimum and maximum concentrations (sect. 7). It regulates the equipments to be used (sect. 8) and the analysis of treated waters (sect. 9). Section 10 covers records and reports to be done by local governments that add fluorine to public water supplies and section 12 sets additional requirements for addition of fluorine. The regulation is completed by one schedule on fluorine concentration values.

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.qld.gov.au

References - Legislation

Implements

Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1963.

Legislation | Australia | 1963 (1999)

Keyword: Water supply, Freshwater resources management, Potable water

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Water Fluoridation Regulation 2008.

Legislation | Australia | 2008 (2012)

Keyword: Water supply, Freshwater resources management, Potable water, Indigenous peoples

Source: FAO, FAOLEX