{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2017/1041",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Water Supplies (Wales) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-wales-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Monitoring",
  "text": "(1) A local authority must monitor all private water supplies in its area in accordance with this Part when carrying out its duties under section 77(1) of the Act (general functions of local authorities in relation to water quality).\n(2) The local authority must discharge the obligation in paragraph (1) by establishing a monitoring programme which consists of either—\n(a) the collection and analysis of discrete water samples;\n(b) measurement recorded by a continuous monitoring process; or\n(c) a combination of the methods in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b).\n(3) Monitoring programmes may include either or both of—\n(a) inspections of records of the functionality and maintenance status of equipment;\n(b) inspections of the catchment area, water abstraction, treatment, storage and distribution infrastructure.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in force at 20.11.2017, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/1041/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:24:57.489600+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."
}