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Law No. 2047-VIII amending Law No. 2918-III on potable water and potable water supply.

Country/Territory
Ukraine
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition, Water
Keyword
Potable water Hygiene/sanitary procedures Packaging/labelling Food quality control/food safety Water abstraction Water supply Sewerage Water quality standards
Geographical area
Black Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force the day after the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Law gives a new wording for the definition of potable water as follows: "Potable water shall be considered water intended for human consumption (water supply, bottled, from pump rooms, bottling points, mine wells and tapping springs), for use by consumers for physiological, sanitary and hygienical, household and economic needs, as well as for the production of commodities requiring it use, which composition according to organoleptic, microbiological, parasitological, chemical, physical and radiation indicators meets hygienic requirements. Potable water is not considered to be a food product in the potable water supply system and at points of potable water quality control". It establishes that the subjects of in the sphere of potable water, potable water supply system and sewerage system shall be state bodies competent in the sphere of water supply and sewerage, local government, potable water supply and centralized sewerage enterprises, and customers of potable water and/or sewerage services. It also outlines approximation of the requirements of national standards for potable water, potable water supply and sewerage, potable water technologies, sewage treatment standards, as well as measurement and assessment methods to the relevant standards, norms, technologies, tools and methods adopted in the European Union.

Full text
Ukrainian
Website
zakon5.rada.gov.ua

References - Legislation

Amends

Law No. 2918-III on potable water and potable water supply.

Legislation | Ukraine | 2002 (2004)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Potable water, Water supply, Freshwater pollution, Water abstraction, Water quality standards, Monitoring, Dispute settlement, Water rights, Inspection, Access-to-information, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX