Regulation 27 Risk assessment

This regulation applies to every treatment works and supply system from which water is supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes.

Every water undertaker or F1wholesale licensee must carry out a risk assessment of each of its treatment works and connected supply system in order to establish whether there is a significant risk of supplying water from those works or supply system that could constitute a potential danger to human health or is likely to be unwholesome.

Every water undertaker or wholesale licensee must keep its risk assessments under continuous review.

The Secretary of State may by notice served on a water undertaker or wholesale licensee require a risk assessment or review to be carried out by a date specified in the notice.

Where a water undertaker or wholesale licensee becomes aware of any factors which make it likely that a risk assessment under this regulation would establish that there is a significant risk of supplying water that would constitute a potential danger to human health or that is likely to be unwholesome, it must notify the Secretary of State specifying the relevant factors.

On the coming into force of these Regulations, a notice given under regulation 27(5) of the 2000 Regulations which had effect immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations is taken to be a notice given under paragraph (4) of this regulation.