Written Question · S3W-22163 · Session 3
What steps it is taking to ensure that the European drinking water directive, as enacted in the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 20…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that the European drinking water directive, as enacted in the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2001 and the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Scotland) No.2 Regulations 2007, is extended to cover both bottle-fed dispensers and mains-fed point-of-use water dispensers to ensure freedom from coliformis, Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus aureus.
The answer
Water used in both bottle-fed and mains-fed water coolers must comply with the quality standards in the Drinking Water Directive, or, in the case of natural mineral water, the standards in Council Directive 80/777/EEC, and must be free from microbiological contamination.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-22163 by reference.