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Schedule 2 MONITORING

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TABLE 1

PARAMETERS AND CIRCUMSTANCES FOR CHECK MONITORING

(1)

Item

(2)

Parameter

(3)

Circumstances

1.AluminiumWhen used as flocculant or where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters.
2.Ammonium
3.Clostridium perfringens (including spores)Where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters.
4.Coliform bacteria
5.Colony count
6.Colour
7.Conductivity
8.Escherichia coli
9.Hydrogen ion
10.IronWhen used as flocculant or where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters.
11.ManganeseWhere the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters.
12.NitrateWhen chloramination is practised.
13.NitriteWhen chloramination is practised.
14.Odour
15.Taste
16.Turbidity

TABLE 2

ANNUAL SAMPLING FREQUENCIES: SAMPLING POINTSf1

(1)

Item

(2)

Parameter

(3)

Estimated population of

water supply zone

(4)

Reduced

(5)

Standard

(a)

Sampling at the frequencies specified in this table for check monitoring is required only when the circumstances for this parameter in column (3) of Table 1 apply (see regulation 6(4)(b)). Where this is not the case, sampling at the frequencies specified in this table for audit monitoring is required instead.

(b)

Subject to note (e), samples for this parameter may, to the extent authorised under regulation 8 for a water supply zone, be taken from alternative supply points in accordance with regulation 9(1)(b).

(c)

Only those pesticides which are likely to be present in a given supply need to be monitored.

(d)

Where the population is not an exact multiple of 5,000, the population figure should be rounded up to the nearest multiple of 5,000.

(e)

If sodium hypochlorite is added after water has left a treatment works in the water supply zone, monitoring for this parameter must be carried out at sampling points (rather than at supply points).

Subject to check monitoring
1.Coliform bacteria< 100–4
2.Escherichia coli≥100–12 per 5,000
3.Residual disinfectantpopulationf2
4.Aluminiumf3< 10012
5.Ammonium100-4,99924
6.Clostridium perfringens (including spores) f45,000-9,999612
10,000-29,9991224
7.Colony count30,000-49,9991836
8.Colour50,000-79,9992652
9.Conductivity80,000-100,0003876
10.Hydrogen ion
11.Iron
12.Manganese
13.Nitrate
14.Nitrite
15.Odour
16.Taste
17.Turbidity
Subject to audit monitoring
18.Antimony< 100–1
19.Arsenic100-4,999–4
20.Benzene5,000-100,000–8
21.Benzo(a)pyrene
22.Boron
23.Bromate f5
24.Cadmium
25.Chloride
26.Chromium
27.Copper
28.Cyanide
29.1,2-dichloroethane
30.Enterococci
31.Fluoride
32.Lead
33.Mercury
34.Nickel
35.Pesticide f6
36.PAH: Total
37.Selenium
38.Sodium
39.Sulphate
40.

Tetrachloroethene and

Trichloroethene

41.Tetrachloromethane
42.THM: Total
43.Total organic carbon
44.Indicative dose—
Gross alpha
Gross beta
45.Tritium
Notes—

TABLE 3

ANNUAL SAMPLING FREQUENCIES: SUPPLY POINTSf7

(1)

Item

(2)

Parameter

(3)

Volume of water

supplied m3/d

(4)

Reduced

(5)

Standard

Notes—
(a)

Sampling at the frequencies specified in this table for check monitoring is required only where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters (see Table 1). Where this is not the case, sampling at the frequencies specified in this table for audit monitoring is required instead.

(b)

If sodium hypochlorite is added after water has left a treatment works in the water supply zone, audit monitoring for this parameter must be carried out at sampling points (rather than at supply points).

(c)

Only those pesticides which are likely to be present in a given supply need to be monitored.

Subject to check monitoring
1.Clostridium perfringens (including spores)f8< 20–2
20-99924
2.Conductivity1,000-1,999612
2,000-5,9991224
6,000-9,9991836
10,000-15,9992652
16,000-32,99952104
33,000-49,99978156
50,000-67,999104208
68,000-84,999130260
85,000-101,999156312
102,000-119,999183365
120,000-241,999365730
242,000-484,9997301,460
485,000-728,9991,0952,190
Subject to audit monitoring
3.Benzene< 20–1
4.Boron20-999–4
5.Bromatef91,000-49,999–8
6.Chloride50,00-89,999–12
7.Cyanide90,000-299,999–24
8.1,2-dichloroethane300,000-649,999–36
9.Fluoride≥ 650,000–48
10.Mercury
11.Pesticidef10
12.Sulphate
13.

Tetrachloroethene and

Trichloroethene

14.Tetrachloromethane
15.Total organic carbon
16.Indicative dose—
Gross alpha
Gross beta
17.Tritium

TABLE 4

ANNUAL SAMPLING FREQUENCIES: TREATMENT WORKSf11

(1)

Item

(2)

Parameter

(3)

Volume of water

supplied m3/d

(4)

Reduced

(5)

Standard

Notes—
(a)

Sampling at the frequencies specified in this table for check monitoring is required only when chloramination is practised. When this is not the case, this parameter must be sampled instead at the frequencies specified in this table for audit monitoring.

Subject to check monitoring
1.Coliform bacteria< 20–4
2.Colony count20-1,9991252
3.Escherichia coli2,000-5,99952104
4.Residual disinfectant

6,000-11,999

≥12,000

104

208

208

365

5.Nitritef12< 20–2
6.Turbidity20-99924
1,000-1,999612
2,000-5,9991224
6,000-9,9991836
10,000-15,9992652
16,000-32,99952104
33,000-49,99978156
50,000-67,999104208
68,000-84,999130260
85,000-101,999156312
102,000-119,999183365
120,000-241,999365730
242,000-484,9997301,460
485,000-728,9991,0952,190
Subject to audit monitoring
7.Nitrite< 20–1
20-999–4
1,000-49,999–8
50,000-89,999–12
90,000-299,999–24
300,000-649,999–36
≥650,000–48

In this Schedule “Indicative dose”, “Pesticide”, “PAH: Total”, “Tetrachloroethene and Trichloroethene” and “THM: Total” have the same meanings as they have in Schedule 1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

This table specifies the number of samples to be taken at sampling points for the purposes of regulation 9(1)(a) and (2).

f2

(d)

Where the population is not an exact multiple of 5,000, the population figure should be rounded up to the nearest multiple of 5,000.

f3

(a)

Sampling at the frequencies specified in this table for check monitoring is required only when the circumstances for this parameter in column (3) of Table 1 apply (see regulation 6(4)(b)). Where this is not the case, sampling at the frequencies specified in this table for audit monitoring is required instead.

f4

(b)

Subject to note (e), samples for this parameter may, to the extent authorised under regulation 8 for a water supply zone, be taken from alternative supply points in accordance with regulation 9(1)(b).

f5

(e)

If sodium hypochlorite is added after water has left a treatment works in the water supply zone, monitoring for this parameter must be carried out at sampling points (rather than at supply points).

f6

(c)

Only those pesticides which are likely to be present in a given supply need to be monitored.

f7

This table specifies the number of samples to be taken at supply points for the purposes of regulation 9(1)(b) and (2).

f8

(a)

Sampling at the frequencies specified in this table for check monitoring is required only where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters (see Table 1). Where this is not the case, sampling at the frequencies specified in this table for audit monitoring is required instead.

f9

(b)

If sodium hypochlorite is added after water has left a treatment works in the water supply zone, audit monitoring for this parameter must be carried out at sampling points (rather than at supply points).

f10

(c)

Only those pesticides which are likely to be present in a given supply need to be monitored.

f11

This table specifies the number of samples to be taken at treatment works for the purposes of regulation 11.

f12

(a)

Sampling at the frequencies specified in this table for check monitoring is required only when chloramination is practised. When this is not the case, this parameter must be sampled instead at the frequencies specified in this table for audit monitoring.