The draft of new National Standard for Drinking Water (SANS241ED7) was published on the website of the South African Bureau of Standards on 28 April 2022. Compared with the previous version implemented in 2014, the main contents of the revised draft include :

(1) Requirements for monitoring and verification of drinking water quality and safety newly added, including general provisions, formulation and implementation of monitoring plans, results reporting and disqualification management, etc.;

(2) Some requirements for sanitary and quality indicators of drinking water newly added, such as bacteriophage, giardia, perfringens should not be detected, benzene content <10μg/L, phenol content <10mg/L, etc.

The period for commetns on the draft is until June 29, 2022.