Order No. 7 on water quality and supervision of water supply systems.

This Order establishes quality requirements for drinking water, including water used for food. These requirements must comply with surveys, including the frequency of sampling and analysis to be made in order to supervise and control drinking water quality. Water Supply Operators shall provide information about water sampling points at water plants and submit them for analysis at laboratories for approval. The local authority may issue orders and impose additional quality standards and inspection programs for substances and microorganisms that are not defined in the included Appendix if deemed that they may be present in a quantity or concentration which poses a risk to health.
The Order consists of 12 Chapters: Scope and definitions (1); Authority and accountability (2); Public supervision(3); Operator's duties (4); Water quality (5); Monitoring frequencies for water sampling (6); Cost of operation records, reports and reporting (7); Injunctions and prohibitions (8); Exemption (9); Appeals (10); Sanction provisions (11); Entry into force and transitional provisions (12).
Annex 1A - Quality standards for microbiological parameters.
Annex 1B - Quality of drinking water inorganic chemistry parameters.
Annex 1C - Quality of drinking water organic chemistry parameters.
Annex 2A - Monitoring frequencies and applications (raw water).
Annex 2B - Monitoring frequency and programs (drinking water).
Annex 2C - Minimum monitoring frequencies for analysis of drinking water produced for sale in bottles or containers.
Annex 3A - Ongoing analysis program of physical chemical parameters.
Annex 3B - Ongoing measurement program for control operating.
Annex 4 - Specification of methods of analysis - Microbiology.