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TABLE 1 — BOTTLED WATER SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS

			Number of Samples
Contaminant	Maximum Contaminant Levels	Frequency Samples	Source Water	Finished Product
Microbiological		See Table 1A
Heterotropic Microorganisms	100 colony-forming units per millilitre
Total Coliforms Organism per 100 ml	Less than 1
Radiological		4 years⁶
Gross Alpha Particle Activity (including Radium 226 but excluding Radon and Uranium)	15 picocuries per litre	Yearly	1	1
Combined Radium 226 and Radium 228	5 picocuries per litre	Yearly	1	1
Beta particle and photon activity from manmade radionuclides	4 millirems per year	Yearly	1	1

Contaminant		Maximum Contaminant Levels in milligrams/litre	Frequency Samples	Source Water	Finished Product
				Number of Samples
Inorganic Chemicals		0.05	Yearly	1⁵	1⁵
	Arsenic (As)	1.0
	Barium (Ba)	0.005
	Cadmium (Cd)	250.0
	Chloride (Cl)	0.1
	Chromium (Cr)	1.0
	Copper (Cu)	2.2
	Fluoride (F)	0.3
	Iron (Fe)	0.05
	Lead (Pb)	0.3
	Manganese (Mn)	0.002
	Mercury (Hg)	10.0
	Nitrate (N)	0.05
	Selenium (Se)	0.05
	Silver (Ag)	250.0
	Sulphate (SO4)	5.0
	Zinc (Zn)	*2
	Alkalinity	*2
	Corrosivity	*2
	Hardness	*2
	pH	6.5–8.5
	Sodium (Na)	200
Total Dissolved Solids		1,000
Pesticides/Herbicides		Organic Chemical:	Yearly	1⁵	1⁵
Endrin		0.0002
Lindane		0.0002
Methoxychlor		0.050
Toxaphene		0.003
2,4-D		0.050
2,4,5-TP (Silvex)		0.01
Total Trihalomethane (TTHM)		0.10
Volatile Organic Chemicals		Table 1C	Yearly		1⁵
Principal Organic Contaminant (see Table IB for listing of monitored contaminants)		0.005	Yearly	1⁵	1⁵
Unspecified Organic Contaminants		0.050	None specified
Total of all POCs and VOCs		0.10	None specified
Vinyl Chloride		0.002	Yearly	1⁵	1⁵

1.Samples shall be collected and analysed for each production line and product type. If more than one container size is bottled at the facility, a plan to rotate sampling of container sizes shall be submitted to the Department.
2.No maximum contaminant level established.
3.No positive coliform result.
4.All monitoring samples shall be collected and analysed in the fourth quarter of the calendar year, unless specified by the Director.
5.The owner or operator of a bottled water facility shall require the approved laboratory performing the analysis to send a copy of the laboratory report directly to the Department. The owner or operator of a bottled water facility shall submit with the next quarterly monitoring report following receipt of the laboratory report a letter to the Department, certifying that the aforementioned laboratory report accurately represents the quality of the described bottled water product and the bottled water complies with requirement of this Standard.
6.Radiological tests to be done every 4 years, or more often at the discretion of the Minister of Commerce, Business Development and Investment, if there is reason to believe that contamination has taken place.

TABLE 1A — MICROBIOLOGICAL SAMPLING FREQUENCY

Minimum Number of Samples
Total Litres produced per month	Un-carbonated Bottled Water		Carbonated Water
	Finished Product per week	Source water per month	Finished Product per month	Source water per month
1 to 180 000	1	1	1	1
180 001 to 360 000	2	2	1	1
360 001 to 1 350 000	3	2	1	1
1 350 001 to 3 150 000	4	3	1	1
3 150 000 and more	5	3	1	1

TABLE IB — PRINCIPAL ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS

TABLE 1C — VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS