Singapore legislation
Section 79
Section 79
Provision of water suitable for drinking
(1)
A water provider must not provide water suitable for drinking unless the water is unpolluted and wholesome.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1), water is unpolluted and wholesome if the water —
conforms to the prescribed requirements concerning the quality, purity and general appearance of water suitable for drinking; and
does not, based on any prescribed methodology or assessment, contain any contaminant, substance or organism, either alone or in any combination, at a concentration or value that constitutes a potential danger to human health.
(3)
The regulations prescribing the methodology or assessment mentioned in subsection (2)(b) may —
incorporate by reference any document relating to such methodology or assessment that is —
issued or approved; and
in force or published at a particular time, or from time to time,by any organisation or other person whose purposes relate to public health; and
provide for the Director‑General, Food Administration to specify any other methodology or assessment.
(4)
A water provider who provides, or intends to provide, water suitable for drinking must comply with the prescribed duties of a water provider, which may include the duty to —
comply with the requirements relating to the composition, type and specifications of any container or other package in which the water is provided or is to be provided (called in this section the water packaging);
comply with the requirements relating to the way in which the water provided or to be provided is presented, including requirements relating to the labels that may be affixed on the water packaging and information that must accompany the water packaging (whether on the label, printed on the water packaging or on an accompanying document);
comply with the requirements relating to the risk assessment and risk management measures that are or are to be used in order to minimise the likelihood of the water becoming polluted and unwholesome;
comply with the requirements relating to the sampling and testing of the water;
provide to the Director‑General, Food Administration any information that the Director‑General, Food Administration may require relating to the water provided or to be provided;
carry out any remedial measures that the Director‑General, Food Administration may require; and
comply with any other requirement (as may be prescribed) for the purposes of keeping the water unpolluted and wholesome.
(5)
Where the Director‑General, Food Administration is of the opinion that any water provider has contravened any requirement under subsection (1) or (4), the Director‑General, Food Administration may by written notice require the water provider to stop the provision of such water, and the water provider must comply with such notice.
(6)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1), (4) or (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.