http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/1675/schedule/5

SCHEDULE 5CLASSIFICATION

Standards1

The appropriate agency must use the following standards for classification—

Standards for inland waters

Parameter	“Excellent”	“Good”	“Sufficient”
Intestinal enterococci¹	200²	400²	330³
Escherichia coli⁽¹⁾	500²	1,000²	900³
¹ Colony forming units per 100 millilitres (“cfu/100 ml”).
² Based upon a 95-percentile evaluation-see paragraph 2.
³ Based upon a 90-percentile evaluation-see paragraph 2.

Standards for coastal and transitional waters

Parameter	“Excellent”	“Good”	“Sufficient”
Intestinal enterococci¹	100²	200²	185³
Escherichia coli¹	250²	500²	500³
¹ Colony forming units per 100 millilitres (“cfu/100 ml”).
² Based upon a 95-percentile evaluation-see paragraph 2.
³ Based upon a 90-percentile evaluation-see paragraph 2.