EU-DRINKING_WATER_RECAST-ANX_I

Quality Criteria for Drinking Water

EU. Quality Criteria for Water for Human Consumption, Directive (EU) 2020/2184, OJ L 435, 23 December 2020

The Drinking Water Directive 2020/2184 concerns the quality of water intended for human consumption. Drinking water is wholesome and clean if it’s: (a) free from any micro-organisms and parasites and from any substances which, in numbers or concentrations, constitute a potential danger to human health; (b) meets the minimum requirements set out in Parts A, B and D of Annex I. Indicators parameters set out in Part C of Annex I shall also be monitored, as they can help to identify water treatment.

Haloacetic acids

EC / List no: - CAS no: -
Application Name
Drinking water
Maximum Threshold
60 µg/l
Part
B Part B - Chemical parameters
Notes(s)
This parameter shall be measured only when disinfection methods that can generate HAAs are used for the disinfection of water intended for human consumption

It is the sum of the following five representative substances: monochloro-, dichloro-, and trichloro-acetic acid, and mono- and dibromo-acetic acid