"Friends of the Earth«, som er en miljøorganisation, anslog for nogle få år siden, at der var fire millioner husstande i England, hvor blykoncentrationen i drikkevandet overskred den grænseværdi, der er foreslået i dette direktiv.
Friends of the Earth, which is an environmental organization, estimated a few years ago that there were four million houses in England in which the lead concentration in drinking water exceeded the limit proposed in this directive.