The water supplied by SA “Apa-Canal Chisinau” meets very strict quality requirements, Doctor of Chemical Sciences Ion Cascaval, who is the company’s consultant, assured when answering Chisinau residents’ questions about the quality of water. The specialist said the company monitors continuously the quality of drinking water through the agency of two labs – the lab of the Nistru water station in Vadul lui Voda town and the drinking water lab of Chisinau municipality, IPN reports.

In a press release, the company says that the two labs, which were accredited in accordance with the international standards, daily examine 25 physical-chemical and bacteriological parameters of the quality of drinking water before this is supplied to the residents of Chisinau. All the parameters are verified monthly. The testing results are published quarterly and monthly on www.acc.md.

In 2015, there were taken over 123,000 samples and carried out more than 369,000 physical-chemical tests and over 37,000 bacteriological tests.

Ion Cascaval said that to maintain the water quality parameters, the water pipes are washed and disinfected after the liquidation of leakages and accidents and this is a purely technical process.