Regulation 14 Monitoring general provisions
Samples from a private supply shall be taken at such times of the year and of the day and, in a case where a private supply serves a number of premises, from such premises selected at random as will ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that their analysis will produce data which is representative of the quality of the water from that supply.
Samples are to be taken—
in relation to premises supplied with water for food production purposes, from a point immediately before the point where the supply is so used;
in relation to all other premises, at a tap used for supplying water for drinking or cooking.
Where an islands or district council is required under the provisions of Schedule 2 or 3 to take more than one sample within a specified period, the samples shall be taken at regular intervals.
An islands or district council shall, in accordance with paragraph (5), take and analyse a sample of water from any supply to which regulation 12 applies as soon as it is aware of its use or proposed use.
The sample of water to be taken by virtue paragraph (4) shall be in addition to any other sample required by these Regulations and shall be analysed for compliance of with the prescribed concentrations or values for—
in the case of a class A, B, 1 or 2 supply, all the parameters listed in column (1) of Schedule 2;
in the case of a class C, D, E, 3, 4 or 5 supply, the parameters listed in column (1) Part II of Schedule 3.
It shall be the duty of an islands or district council in each year to take such samples of water from private supplies of classes C, D, E, 3, 4 and 5 serving premises in their area as will ascertain and record the extent to which any pesticides and related products are present in those supplies.
An islands or district council shall, within 14 days of being requested to do so by any person who is a relevant person in relation to a private supply serving premises in their area, take and analyse a sample from the supply for compliance of the parameters mentioned in paragraph (8) with the prescribed concentrations or values for those parameters.
The parameters mentioned in this paragraph are those in respect of which there are reasonable grounds for believing that their concentration or value in the supply in question has caused or is likely to cause the water in that supply to be unwholesome.
Without prejudice to the duty imposed on it by regulation 9 to take and analyse samples in accordance with this Part, an islands or district council shall have power to take and analyse a sample from a private supply in order to—
confirm or clarify the results of the analysis of a previous sample;
ascertain the effectiveness of remedial action taken in relation to the supply (whether or not such action was taken following service of a notice under section 76G of the Actf1.
Annotations
Footnotes
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Section 76G was added by the Water Act 1989, Schedule 22, paragraph 1.