§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on how many individual occasions the level of(a) nitrate (b) aluminium and (c) other substances in Nottingham water supplies has exceeded the levels in EEC drinking water directives.
§ Mr. MoynihanI understand from the water authority that within the last 12 months there have been no individual occasions when aluminium has exceeded the limits laid down in the EC drinking water directive in the city of Nottingham drinking water supplies.
The nitrate standard has been marginally exceeded (at times of peak demand) from a source serving about 2,000 people in the city but this does not constitute a risk to health.
A single sample failed to meet the directive requirements relating to iron.