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Thüringen Water Quality Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Germany
Territorial subdivision
Thüringen
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
Thüringen Ordinance on quality requirements of surface water used for the preparation of potable water.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Surface water Water quality standards Water supply Classification/declassification Potable water Monitoring Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

The purpose of the present Ordinance is to implement the Council Directive 75/440/EEC concerning the quality required of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States and the Council Directive 79/869/EEC concerning the methods of measurement and frequencies of sampling and analysis of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States. The text consists of 10 articles as follows: Purpose of Ordinance (1); Sphere of application (2); Determination of threshold values (3); Sampling and analysis (4); Exceptions (5); Project to improve water quality (6); Authorization to abstract water (7); Report of results (8); Gender equalization (9); Entry into force (10). Four Annexes are enclosed.

Full text
German
Website
www.thueringen.de

References - Legislation

Implements

Council Directive 79/869/EEC concerning the methods of measurement and frequencies of sampling and analysis of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States

Legislation | European Union | 1979 (2003)

Keyword: Water supply, Water quality standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

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