SCHEDULE 3Requirements for spring water and drinking water including prescribed concentrations or values of parameters

PART IRequirements for spring water and drinking water

1

Water satisfies the requirements of this Schedule if—

a

the water does not contain any property, element, organism, or substance—

i

(other than a parameter) at a concentration or value which would be injurious to health;

ii

(whether or not a parameter) at a concentration or value which in conjunction with any other property, element, organism or substance it contains (whether or not a parameter) would be injurious to health;

b

the water does not contain—

i

concentrations or values of any of the parameters listed in Tables A to D in Part II in excess of the prescribed concentrations or values;

ii

concentrations of trihalomethanes (being the aggregate of the concentrations of trichloromethane, dichlorobromomethane, dibromochloromethane and tribromomethane) in excess of 100 181 g/1; and

c

in the case of water prepared from water which has been softened or desalinated, its hardness is not below a minimum concentration of 60 mg Ca/1 and its alkalinity is not below a minimum concentration of 30 mg HCO3/1.