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Ministerial Decree No. 75 validating the Regulation on classifying waterbodies as sources of potable water.

Country/Territory
Kazakhstan
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Water supply Surface water Groundwater Potable water Water quality standards Classification/declassification
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Abstract

This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities for classifying waterbodies as potential centralized or non-centralized sources of potable water using the following criteria: (a) for groundwater, hydrological characteristics of the aquifer, analysis of water samples and sanitary and epidemiological certification of water quality; and (b) for surface water, hydro-geological data on the water source and its compliance with water abstraction requirements and sanitary norms and standards.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.government.kz