PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 178 OF 2009) - REG 40 Microbiological quality
PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 178 OF 2009) - REG 40
Microbiological qualityr. 40
(1) The responsible person must ensure that when an aquatic facility is open for use, the microbiological standard of the water in the aquatic facility is maintained within the following parameters—
(a) a heterotrophic colony count less than 100 colony forming units per millilitre;
(b) coliform bacteria is not detected in 100 millilitres;
(c) Pseudomonas aeruginosa is not detected in 100 millilitres.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) Within 24 hours of receiving a report that any sample of water taken from an aquatic facility and delivered to a laboratory for testing has not complied with subregulation (1), the responsible person must ensure that the following steps are taken—
(a) the water in the aquatic facility must be shock dosed with chlorine or bromine;
(b) the water treatment program and maintenance program of the aquatic facility must be reviewed;
(c) any faults must be corrected and any changes necessary to prevent a re-occurrence of those faults must be implemented;
(d) a further sample of the water in the aquatic facility must be taken and delivered to a laboratory for testing to assess compliance with the microbiological parameters in subregulation (1).
(3) If, after following the procedure in subregulation (2), the microbiological standard of the water in the aquatic facility fails to meet the microbiological parameters specified in subregulation (1), the responsible person must ensure that—
(a) the steps in subregulation (2) are repeated until 2 consecutive water samples taken approximately one week apart comply with the parameters specified in subregulation (1); or
(b) the aquatic facility is closed until the problem has been remedied.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.