The Water Supply Water Quality Regulations 1989
(
SI No. 1147) are regulations imposed on the
England and Wales
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Water industry
The water industry provides drinking water and wastewater services (including sewage treatment) to residential, commercial, and industrial sectors of the economy. Typically public utilities operate water supply networks. The water industry doe ...
by
Statutory Instrument. The regulations were signed jointly by
Peter Walker,
Secretary of State for Wales
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and
Michael Howard who, as Minister for Water and Planning, was responsible for implementing
water privatization
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in England and Wales during 1988/89.
Schedule 2 of the regulations prescribes concentrations for substances that affect ''
wholesomeness''.
Wholesomeness
Table A
Table B
(i)The sum of the detected concentrations of fluoranthene, benzo 3.4 fluoranthene, benzo 11.12 fluoranthene, benzo 3.4 pyrene, benzo 1.12 perylene and indeno (1,2,3-cd) pyrene.
Table C
Table D
Table E
See also
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List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1989
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Drinking water quality standards
Drinking water quality standards describes the quality parameters set for drinking water. Despite the truth that every human on this planet needs drinking water to survive and that water may contain many harmful constituents, there are no univers ...
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Hard Water
Hard water is water that has high mineral content (in contrast with "soft water"). Hard water is formed when water percolates through deposits of limestone, chalk or gypsum, which are largely made up of calcium and magnesium carbonates, bicarbo ...
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Soft Water
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Water quality
Water quality refers to the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of water based on the standards of its usage. It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards against which compliance, generally achieved through tr ...
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Water softener
Water softening is the removal of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water. The resulting soft water requires less soap for the same cleaning effort, as soap is not wasted bonding with calcium ions. Soft water also exten ...
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Water treatment
Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it appropriate for a specific end-use. The end use may be drinking, industrial water supply, irrigation, river flow maintenance, water recreation or many other uses, inc ...
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Water purification
Water purification is the process of removing undesirable chemicals, biological contaminants, suspended solids, and gases from water. The goal is to produce water that is fit for specific purposes. Most water is purified and disinfected for hu ...
References
External links
* {{cite web, url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3184/contents/made, title=Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 3184, date=4 December 2000, work=The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000, publisher=legislation.gov.uk, accessdate=26 June 2009 – later legislation
Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom
1989 in British law
Water supply and sanitation in England and Wales
Drinking water regulation