Regulation 29 Water treatment to minimise contamination from pipes
England and Wales
Paragraph (2) applies where there is a risk (“the prescribed risk”) that water supplied by a relevant supplier would, for the reason mentioned in paragraph (3), after leaving the relevant supplier's pipes—
contain a concentration of copper in excess of 2mg/litre, or
contain a concentration of lead in excess of 10µg/litre.
Every water undertaker or F1wholesale licensee which introduces water into the supply system used by the relevant supplier must, subject to paragraph (4), treat the water in such a way as will, in its opinion, eliminate the prescribed risk or reduce it to a minimum.
The reason referred to in paragraph (1) is the presence in the water of a concentration of copper or lead which is attributable to the fact that copper or lead is the major component of such a pipe as is mentioned in section 68(3) of the Act M1, or its associated fittings.
Paragraph (1) does not require a water undertaker or F2wholesale licensee to treat water if—
the treatment is unlikely to achieve a significant reduction in the concentration of copper or lead, or
treatment is not reasonably practicable.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 29(2) 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. 29(4) substituted (31.3.2017) by The Water Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/506), arts. 1(1), 32(4)
Marginal citations
- M1
Section 68(3) was amended by paragraph 18(5) of Schedule 8 to the Water Act 2003 (c.37).