S.I. No. 77/1962 - Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Wicklow) Regulations, 1962

1. The Arklow piped water supply.

2. The Aughrim piped water supply.

3. The Avoca piped water supply.

4. The Baltinglass piped water supply.

5. The Blessington piped water supply.

6. The Carnew piped water supply.

7. The Dunlavin piped water supply.

8. The Enniskerry piped water supply.

9. The Glenealy piped water supply.

10. The Roundwood piped water supply.

11. The Shillelagh piped water supply.

12. The Tinahely piped water supply.

13. The Wicklow Regional piped water supply.

Article 6

SECOND SCHEDULE

(1) Specification for Sodium Fluoride

The substance shall contain a minimum of 98 per cent. sodium fluoride (NaF) by weight, providing 44.3 per cent. available fluorine.

It shall not contain any toxic or harmful impurities when dissolved in water.

The content of insoluble material shall not exceed 0.5 per cent.

The moisture content shall not exceed 0.5 per cent.

The substance shall have a crystalline form (20-40 mesh particle size) and shall be free from dust.

(2) Specification for Sodium Silicofluoride

The substance shall contain a minimum of 98 per cent. sodium silicofluoride (Na

2

SiF

6

) by weight, providing 59 per cent. available fluorine.

It shall not contain any toxic or harmful impurities when dissolved in water.

The content of insoluble material shall not exceed 0.5 per cent.

The moisture content shall not exceed 0.5 per cent. The substance shall be in the form of a powder and shall conform to the following sieve tests :—

(a) 100 per cent. to pass through a 40 mesh sieve ;

(b) 95 per cent. to pass through a 100 mesh sieve ; and

(c) not less than 5 per cent. nor more than 35 per cent. to pass through a 326 mesh sieve.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 15th day of May, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-Two.

SEÁN MAC ENTEE,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations require the Wicklow County Council to arrange for the fluoridation of the public water supplies specified in the First Schedule in accordance with the conditions set out in Articles 5, 6, 7 and 8. Under Article 4, the Arklow Urban District Council, acting as agent for the Wicklow County Council, is required to perform certain acts in relation to the fluoridation of the Arklow piped water supply.

S.I. No. 77 of 1962.

FLUORIDATION OF WATER SUPPLIES (WICKLOW) REGULATIONS, 1962

In exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 2

and

4

of the

Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act, 1960

(No. 46 of 1960), the Minister for Health, having complied with the provisions of subsection (4) of section 2 and paragraph (

a

) of subsection (1) of section 4 of the said Act, hereby makes the following Regulations