Pending a Community policy on the matter, the frequency of sampling and the analysis of each parameter, together with the methods of measurement shall be defined by the competent national authorities which shall take into account the volume of water abstracted, the extent of the abstraction, the population served, the degree of risk engendered by the quality of the water and seasonal variations in the quality.
Dokler Skupnost ne izdela politike na tem področju, določajo pogostnost vzorčenja in analize vsakega parametra kot tudi metode merjenja pristojni nacionalni organi, ki pri tem upoštevajo količino odvzete vode, obseg odvzema, velikost oskrbovane populacije, stopnjo tveganja zaradi kakovosti vode in sezonska nihanja v kakovosti.