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(31) In the event of non-compliance with the requirements imposed by this Directive, the Member State concerned should investigate the cause immediately and ensure that the necessary remedial action is taken as soon as possible to restore the quality of the water supplied. In cases where the water supply constitutes a potential danger to human health, the supply of such water should be prohibited or its use restricted. In addition, in the event of failure to meet the minimum requirements for values relating to microbiological and chemical parameters, Member States should consider the failure as a potential danger to human health, except where the non-compliance is considered trivial. In cases where remedial action is necessary to restore the quality of water intended for human consumption, in accordance with Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) priority should be given to action which rectifies the problem at source.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-28 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.