Regulations concerning the Sanitary Quality of Drinking Water. Pays/Territoire Israël Type du document Règlement Date 1940 (1991) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Alimentation et nutrition, Eau Mot clé Eau potable Normes Pollution des eaux douces Lutte contre la pollution Aire géographique Asie, Europe et Asie Centrale, Méditerranée, Moyen-Orient, Asie Occidentale Résumé These Regulations determine the microbiological conditions drinking water must satisfy in order to be considered fit for drinking. Water suppliers, whose water is declared unfit after examination, must inform the Health Authority, perform a sanitary survey, and carry out instructions of the Health Authority in order to eliminate the cause of the outlying concentration. The remainder of the regulations deal with the following aspects: concentration of fluorides in water, water unfit because of danger to public health, water disinfection, drinking water sources, flushing and disinfection of water systems, water standing in reservoirs, testing methods, drinking water from dual-purpose recharge wells. A series of appendices list maximum allowable concentrations of toxic substances, fluoride concentrations, water characteristics, frequency of sampling according to population, etc. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.mfa.gov.il