Surface Waters (Abstraction for Drinking Water) (Classification) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 3047 of 1996). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Scotland Document type Regulation Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Water supply Potable water Water quality standards Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations prescribe a system for classifying the quality of inland freshwaters according to their suitability for abstraction for supply as drinking water. The classifications DW1, DW2 and DW3 reflect the mandatory values assigned by Directive 75/440/EEC (quality required of surface waters intended for abstraction of drinking water) to the parameters listed in Schedule 1 to the Regulations. The Regulations also incorporate the methods of measurement, and frequency of sampling and analysis, for those parameters laid down in Directive 79/869/EEC. The Regulations, together with regulation 23 of the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 1989 and the Surface Water (Abstraction for Drinking Water) Directions 1996, complete the transposition of Directives 75/440/EEC and 79/869/EEC for Scotland. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 75/440/EEC concerning the quality required of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States. Legislation | European Union | 1975 Keyword: Surface water, Water quality standards, Water supply, Classification/declassification Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (Consequential and Savings Provisions) Order 2003 (S.S.I. No. 331 of 2003). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2003 Keyword: Water supply, Institution, Water charges Source: FAO, FAOLEX