This content is exclusively provided by FAO / FAOLEX

Drinking Water Ordinance (TWV).

Country
Type of law
Regulation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Source

Abstract
The present Ordinance regulates requirements for the quality of water intended for human consumption in accordance to the Health Act 2007. In particular, the purpose of the Ordinance is: a) the protection of human health against the adverse effects of any contamination of water intended for human consumption by ensuring that it is wholesome and clean; b) the implementation of the Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption. The text consists of 25 articles divided into 7 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Quality of water intended for human consumption (II); Treatment of water (III); Obligations of the operator of a water supply system (IV); Monitoring (V); Legal remedies and penalties (VI); Transitional and final provisions (VII). Five Annexes are enclosed.
Long title of text
Ordinance on the quality of water intended for human consumption.
Date of text
Notes
Consolidated version of the Ordinance as of 2018.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Liechtensteinisches Landesgesetzblatt, No.217, 5 October 2004, 41 pp.
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Verordnung vom 28. September 2004 über die Qualität von Wasser für den menschlichen Gebrauch (Trinkwasserverordnung; TWV).