pandemic. Thousands of samples will be taken from taps at houses randomly selected by postcode and will be scrutinised for any metals or bacteria, or discolouration, taste, or smell issues, said Scottish Water.During 2019/20, Scotland's public water supply quality "was 99.917% compliant with standards", it added.Usually, some 15,000 samples are taken from randomly selected houses, but due to fears over virus transmission, the process was stopped after Covid-19 broke out with interim measures put in place.These included samples extracted from commercial premises, from volunteers' homes, and from different parts of the water distribution network.Simon Parsons, Scottish Water's director of strategic customer service planning, said: "The.
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