Moldovan cabinet sets new measures to improve quality of drinking water

Chisinau, 8 November /MOLDPRES/ - The quality of the water meant for consumption will be improved, with its purity ensured and any risk for people’s health removed. In this respect, the cabinet today approved a draft law on the quality of drinking water, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.    

The document establishes the process of monitoring the quality, conditions of water’s quality, as well as the authorities in change of informing and monitoring. Under the draft, the running water for consumers, the bottled drinking water, as well as the water used in the process of production at food enterprises must meet the parameters established. The water must be clean, lacking microorganisms, parasites or substances which, by their concentration, pose potential danger to people’s health.       

To this end, the producers and distributors will be obliged to observe the quality parameters and to work out plans on water’s safety.  

The public authorities will be in charge of the water’s quality too. Thus, the National Agency for Public Health (ANSP) will monitor the quality of the water at each stage of production and the National Food Safety Agency will supervise the quality of the drinking water used by food enterprises and of the bottled water sold.    

Also, the sources providing drinking water in the rural environment, for instance wells, will be subjected to controls. They will be checked by the ANSP territorial subdivisions once in three years. If laboratory analyses show that the water does not meet the needed conditions, its use will be banned for consumption by people, animals and for irrigation.    

To inform consumers, the Heath, Labour and Social Protection Ministry will publish the national report on the quality of the drinking water on its webpage once in three years.