Q-2, r. 40 - Regulation respecting the quality of drinking water

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22.0.1. The person in charge of a distribution system serving more than 1,000 persons with water that originates in whole or in part from surface water or groundwater whose microbiological quality is likely to be altered by surface water must collect or have collected a sample of raw water so that the number of Escherichia coli bacteria may be checked according to the frequency determined in the following table:


Users concerned Sampling frequency


≥ 1,001 and ≤ 5,000 At least once a month


≥ 5,001 At least once a week


O.C. 70-2012, s. 29; O.C. 699-2014, s. 1.
22.0.1. The person in charge of a distribution system serving more than 1,000 persons with water that originates in whole or in part from surface water or groundwater whose microbiological quality is likely to be altered by surface water must collect or have collected a sample of raw water so that the number of Escherichia coli bacteria may be checked according to the frequency determined in the following table:


Users concerned Sampling frequency


≥ 1,001 and ≤ 5,000 At least once a month


≥ 5,001 At least once a week


This section does not apply to territories located north of the 55th parallel.
O.C. 70-2012, s. 29.