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Safety of Products and Materials in Contact with Drinking Water
Standard BNQ 3660-950 Safety of Products and Materials in Contact with Drinking Water
Drinking water quality is a major public health concern that demands the enforcement of strict requirements to products and materials in contact with drinking water. These requirements are specified in BNQ 3660-950, which specifies the materials covered by BNQ standard specification 1809-300. The standard sets out the requirements that products and materials in contact with drinking water must meet to maintain drinking water quality, and includes general technical clauses governing the installation of drinking water conduits in municipalities. The standard considers the impact on health and on the esthetic quality of water potentially resulting from products and materials in contact with drinking water. Some of the materials covered by the standard include the plastic, metal and cement use to manufacture pipes, gaskets, faucets and lubricants, among others.
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BNQ 3660-950
Safety of Products and Materials in Contact with Drinking Water
This new edition supersedes the edition dated April 11, 2003.
Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques - Direction de l'eau potable et des eaux souterraines
Mr. Michael Davison
Sanexen Services Environnementaux inc.
Mr. Yves Duchesne
Régie du bâtiment du Québec - Direction réglementation et expertise-conseil
Mr. Denis Gauvin
Institut national de santé publique du Québec - Direction de la santé environnementale et de la toxicologie
Ms. Phuong Ho
Eurofins-EnvironeX
Mr. Laurent Laroche
Ville de Montréal - Expertise technique
Ms. France Lemieux
Santé Canada
Mr. Serge Leroux
IPEX
Certification Offer
For municipalities, the use of certified materials and products to install or repair their water supply system is vitally important. The BNQ has therefore established a certification program based on BNQ 3660-950 to meet this need. The BNQ standard is based on four documents, including the BNQ 3660-959 certification protocol, which specifies the procedure that manufacturers must follow to show the conformity of their products with the applicable requirements.
This certification program is accredited by the Standards Council of Canada.
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BNQ 3660-959
Safety of Products and Materials in Contact with Drinking Water - Certification Protocol
This new edition supersedes the edition dated October 20, 2004.
Updating of the certification program BNQ 3660-950 in reference to the standard BNQ 3660-950 M1/2020 and to the certification protocol BNQ 3660-959/2016
Jean Couture Program Manager Bureau de normalisation du Québec Tel.: 418-652-2238 / 1-800-386-5114, ext. 2365
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For municipalities, the use of certified materials and products to install or repair their water supply system is vitally important. The BNQ has therefore established a certification program based on BNQ 3660-950 to meet this need. The BNQ standard is based on four documents, including the BNQ 3660-959 certification protocol, which specifies the procedure that manufacturers must follow to show the conformity of their products with the applicable requirements.
