Water for Human Consumption Directive - Quality Criteria
EU. Quality Criteria for Water for Human Consumption, Directive 98/83/EC, as amended by Directive 2015/1787/EU, 27 October 2015
This list contains the Annex I parameters from the Drinking Water Directive 98/83/EC, which concerns the quality of water intended for human consumption. Its objective is to protect human health from adverse effects of any contamination of water intended for human consumption by ensuring that it is wholesome and clean.
For still water put into bottles or containers, the minimum value may be reduced to 4.5 pH units; For water put into bottles or containers which is naturally rich in or artificially enriched with carbon dioxide, the minimum value may be lower
Notes
The water should not be aggressive
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