Maximum Content Groundwater Ordinance. Country/Territory Austria Document type Regulation Date 1991 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Text No. 502, 17 September 1991, pp. 2147-2152. Long titleOrdinance by the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry on the maximum content of certain substances allowed in groundwater. Subject Food & nutrition, Water Keyword Potable water Residues Food quality control/food safety Groundwater Water supply Water quality standards Geographical area Alps, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The Ordinance contains at the outset a definition clause relating to the various terms therein employed. Annex A lays down the various maximum content of inorganic and organic substances admitted in drinking water. Article 3 prescribes various methods to assess the quality of groundwater. This Ordinance consists of 6 articles and 2 Annexes. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at