In Emilia-Romagna Region, control and monitoring of water for human consumption are regulated by regional regulations 2/1999 and 9/2004 which set out criteria for the organization of control plans carried out by the Food Hygiene and Nutrition Services of the Public Health Departments of the Local Health Authorities. The Laws also provide information on proper management of analytical dissimilarities detected in the water.
Summary of drinking water analysis (2020)
HERA Group (plants and distribution networks)
401,535
Local health authorities (plants and distribution networks)1
250,434
Romagna Acque (plants and delivery points)
349,782
Total
1,001,751 (2,745 al giorno)
1Data by Trieste local health authority are referred to 2019.
Considering the analyses performed by the laboratories of the Hera Group, by the Local Health Units and by the Romagna Acque - Società delle Fonti (which provides water in bulk in Romagna), in 2020 over one million analyses were conducted on the drinking water distributed, an average of 2,745 analyses per day.
