The wells, shallow springs and water pits will be examined by the National Public Health Agency once in three years, at the request of the local authorities or owners of water resources. If analyses show the water does not meet the conditions, its use for human or animal consumption and irrigation will be banned. The draft law on the quality of drinking water was approved by the Cabinet this week, IPN reports.
The operators will ensure the operational monitoring and compliance with the quality parameters, while the National Public Health Agency the audit monitoring of the quality of drinking water on extraction, treatment, disinfection, storage and distribution. The Agency will take care of the water resources intended for bottling before they are put up for sale.
In 2017, about 11% of the water samples taken from urban communal underground water supply systems, 7% of the samples taken from urban communal surface water supply systems and about 17% of the samples taken from rural communal aqueducts didn’t meet the sanitary norms concerning the microbiological parameters. Also, in about 50% of the underground water resources the water didn’t meet the sanitary norms concerning the chemical parameters.
