Regulation 14 Sampling at service reservoirs

England and Wales

Every water undertaker or F1wholesale licensee must take or cause to be taken, from each of its service reservoirs in each week in which the reservoir is in use F2or as specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State under regulation 9(3), one sample for analysis—

(a)

for testing for compliance with the prescribed concentrations or values in respect of the coliform bacteria and E. coli parameters,

(b)

for determining the concentration of the residual disinfectant, and

(c)

for determining whether the specification in relation to the colony counts parameter is met.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in regs. 14-18 substituted (31.3.2017) by The Water Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/506), arts. 1(1), 32(4)
F2: Words in reg. 14 inserted (11.7.2018) by The Water Supply (Water Quality) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/706), regs. 1(1), 2(10)