{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-england-regulations-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-england-regulations-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/618",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-england-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Monitoring for Group A parameters",
  "text": "(1) A local authority must monitor for a Group A parameter in accordance with this Part and Part 2A.\n(2) In this Schedule, “monitoring for a Group A parameter” means sampling for each parameter listed in Column 1 of Table 1 in the circumstances listed in the entry which corresponds with that parameter in Column 2 of Table 1 in order to—\n(a) determine whether or not the water complies with the concentrations or values in Schedule 1;\n(b) provide information on the organoleptic and microbiological quality of the water; and\n(c) establish the effectiveness of the treatment of the water, including disinfection.\nTable 1\nGroup A parameters\nParameter\nCircumstances\nAluminium\nWhere used as a water treatment chemical or where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters\nAmmonium\nWhere chloramination is practised\nColiform bacteria\nIn all supplies\nColony counts 22°C\nIn all supplies\nColour\nIn all supplies\nConductivity\nIn all supplies\nE. coli\nIn all supplies\nHydrogen ion\nIn all supplies\nIron\nWhere used as a water treatment chemical or where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters\nManganese\nWhere the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters\nNitrate\nWhere chloramination is practised\nNitrite\nWhere chloramination is practised\nOdour\nIn all supplies\nTaste\nIn all supplies\nTurbidity\nIn all supplies",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pts. 1-2A substituted for Sch. 2 Pts. 1-2 (11.7.2018) by The Private Water Supplies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/707), regs. 1(1), 2(10)(a) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/618/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:23:04.925081+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}