Drinking water of the highest quality

The World Health Organization and the European Union define safe drinking water as water that a person can drink every day for their whole life without any risk to their health.

To set the quality required of tap water, the European Union, following the WHO guidelines, determines the limits for components present in water, including pathogenic microorganisms and toxins, although many of these are harmless to the human body (some are even beneficial), whilst other are only harmful when present in large amounts.

The water supplied through the Aguas de Benahavís, network has a medium saline content.

Our water has easily passed health authority controls, thanks to the application of state-of-the-art drinking water treatments and effective, continuous quality control of the water supply.

The people responsible for tap water quality are:

• The Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs
• The health authorities of the autonomous communities
• The town councils
• The supply companies
• Each owner of the indoor installations in their property

Control at the consumer’s tap

In compliance with Royal Decree 140/2003, samples of water from the municipal drinking water supply are analysed.

Annually, Aguas de Benahavís carries out 92 control tests and 35 complete tests to ensure the highest levels of quality in the water supply. In addition, the level of chlorine is monitored every day in 47 sampling points distributed throughout the network.

All tests are performed by an external certified laboratory that guarantees the highest standards of reliability in the results. These results are then sent to the Ministry of Health and entered into the National Drinking Water Information System  (SINAC).