S.L. 449.57 Art. 5General obligations.

(1) Without prejudice to other obligations under the provisions of other laws, the competent authority shall take the measures necessary to ensure that water intended for human consumption is wholesome and clean. For the purposes of the minimum requirements of these regulations, water intended for human consumption shall be wholesome and clean if:

(a) it is free from any micro-organisms and parasites and from any substances which, in numbers or concentrations, constitute a potential danger to human health, and

(b) it meets the minimum requirements set out in Schedule I, Parts A and B; and

(c) if in accordance with the relevant provisions of these regulations and in accordance with the Treaty, the competent authority takes all other measures necessary to ensure that water intended for human consumption complies with the requirements of these regulations.

(2) The competent authority shall ensure that the measures taken to implement the provisions of these regulations in no circumstances have the effect of allowing, directly or indirectly, either any deterioration of the present quality of water intended for human consumption so far as that is relevant for the protection of human health or any increase in the pollution of waters used for the production of drinking water.