Environment Health Act of 1975. Pays/Territoire Soudan Type du document Législation Date 1975 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Alimentation et nutrition, Eau Mot clé Eau potable Hygiène/procédures sanitaires Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Approvisionnement en eau Normes de qualité de l'eau Pollution des eaux douces Lutte contre la pollution Aire géographique Afrique, Nations en développement sans littoral, Pays les moins avances, Afrique du Nord et Proche-Orient, Afrique du Nord, Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden, Sahel Résumé This Act provides for the conservation of water and the prevention of the spreading of epidemics. Chapter III here reproduced provides for the control of the quality of drinking water. The health authorities, in any Department, should undertake: (a) the supervision of public and private water sources as well as drinking water projects; samples of water should be taken to ensure its quality and that it is unpolluted; (b) inspection of water networks or any other water sources in towns and villages in order to ensure the supply of unpolluted water to the population; (c) regulation medical examination of personnel working in source networks, or in supply (units) of drinking water in order to ensure that they are free from any communicable diseases which may be widely transmitted through the water; (d) purify water sources from pollution so that they can be exploited. Any person or (institution) responsible for storing or supplying the population with drinking water, whether belonging to the public or the private sector, should conform to the health conditions as laid down by the Minister of Health. Texte intégral Anglais Références - Législation Abrogé par Environment Health Act No. 1 of 2009. Législation | Soudan | 2009 Mot clé: Législation de base, Institution, Planification environnementale, Substances dangereuses, Déchets dangereux, Santé publique, Commerce international, Déchets solides, Transformation/manutention, Qualité de l'air/pollution de l'air, Lutte contre la pollution, Inspection, Politique/planification, Gestion des déchets, Élimination de déchets, Eaux usées/déversement, Protection de l’environnement, Eau potable, Pollution des eaux douces Source: FAO, FAOLEX