Ocena ryzyka zdrowotnego w świetle przepisów polskich i Unii Europejskiej dotyczących jakości wody do picia

On September 19, 2000 the Polish Clean Water Act (based on the Order of the Minister of Health, which defines the quality parameters of the water to be used for drinking and household purposes, as well as in swimming pools) came into force. The Act has also established the principles of water quality control by Sanitary Inspectors. In the present paper, consideration is given to the admissible values of particular water pollutants, which are compared with those recommended by the EU Directive 98/83/EC and WHO Guidelines. Attention is also focused on the concomitant technological and analytical problems which may result from the need of adjusting Poland's legislation to that of the European Union.