Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 1989

The Water Supply Water Quality Regulations 1989 (SI No. 1147) are regulations imposed on the England and Wales Water industry by statutory instrument. The regulations were signed jointly by Peter Walker, Secretary of State for Wales and Michael Howard who, as Minister for Water and Planning, was responsible for implementing water privatization in England and Wales during 1988/89. Most of the measures came into force on 1 September 1989, and the rest on 1 January 1990. The regulations have been superseded by several later instruments.

Revocation
The 1989 regulations were revoked in England by the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations (SI 2000/3184) and in Wales by the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations (SI 2001/3911). Further changes were made by the Water Industry Act 1991.

Wholesomeness
Schedule 2 of the regulations prescribes concentrations for substances that affect wholesomeness.

Table B
(i) The sum of the detected concentrations of fluoranthene, benzo 3.4 fluoranthene, benzo 11.12 fluoranthene, benzo 3.4 pyrene, benzo 1.12 perylene and indeno (1,2,3-cd) pyrene.