5. Surface water treatment plants
5.1 Main problems encountered in surface water intended for drinking water supply
The quality of surface water (rivers and natural or dammed lakes) is very rarely excellent, and the problems encountered are of three types:
common problems of natural origin: turbidity and suspended solids, iron, manganese, aluminum, natural organic matter, algal toxins, low mineral content;
Increasingly frequent problems of anthropogenic origin: nitrates, pesticides and metabolites, pharmaceutical residues, per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS), endocrine disruptors and other organic micropollutants, algal blooms, metals, microbiology (bacteria, viruses and pathogenic protozoa), organic matter from urban and...
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Europe :
Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJEU L 435 of 23 December 2020).
France :
Order no. 2022-1611 of December 22, 2022 on access to and quality of water intended for human consumption (JORF no. 0297...
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French quality limits for raw water from all sources used to produce water intended for human consumption (EDCH), excluding packaged spring water.
These limits are shown in table 1 .
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