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