Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand 2000Date of publication: August 2000
Introduction
Safe drinking-water, available to everyone, is a fundamental requirement for public health.
The Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand 2000 (DWSNZ 2000) replace the Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand 1995 with effect from 1 January 2001. They detail how to assess the quality and safety of drinking-water. The Standards define drinking-water: that is, water intended to be used for human consumption, food preparation, utensil washing, oral hygiene or personal hygiene. The Standards provide criteria applicable to all drinking-water (except bottled water which must comply with the Food Act 1981).
Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand 2000 list the maximum concentrations of chemical, radiological and microbiological contaminants acceptable for public health in drinking-water. For community drinking-water supplies, the Standards also specify the sampling protocols that must be observed to demonstrate that the drinking-water complies with the Standards. Community drinking-water supplies are water supplies that serve more than 25 people for at least 60 days per year. All community drinking-water supplies known to the Ministry of Health are listed in the Register of Community Drinking-Water Supplies in New Zealand.
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Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Expert Committee on Drinking-Water Standards
1. Overview of the Drinking Water Standards
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2. Determination of Compliance
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3. Microbiological Compliance
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4. Chemical Compliance
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5. Radiological Compliance
6. Records
7. Definitions
8. Units
9. Index of Synonyms
10. Table of Synonyms
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11. Methods of Analysis for Microbiological Compliance
12. Chemical Referee Methods, and Sampling Sites
13. C.t Tables for the Inactivation of Protozoa by Ozone and Chlorine Dioxide
14. Tables of MAVs and GVs
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