The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Sampling at service reservoirs

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16.  A water undertaker must take, or cause to be taken, from each of its service reservoirs in each week in which the reservoir is in use, one sample for analysis—

(a)for testing for compliance with the prescribed concentrations or values in respect of the coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli (E. coli) parameters;

(b)for determining the concentration of residual disinfectant; and

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