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PART 4SMONITORING OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES

[F1Monitoring programmesS

6.—(1) Scottish Water must prepare and implement a separate monitoring programme for each water supply zone (or part of a water supply zone) in so far as the water supply zone (or the part of it) relates to—

(a)water introduced into, or supplied through or from, any part of the public water supply system, including water supplied by Scottish Water pursuant to an arrangement under section 6(1)(b) of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005; or

(b)water supplied by Scottish Water by any other means, including from a tanker or in bottles or containers.

(2) Each monitoring programme prepared by Scottish Water must—

(a)meet its obligations under regulation 5;

(b)meet the minimum requirements in Parts A to D of schedule 1A;

(c)accord with the monitoring requirements in Parts E and F of schedule 1A;

(d)ensure that the requirements of regulation 11, as read with schedule 2, and regulations 12 to 14 and 16 are met; and

(e)comply with any other requirements specified in directions under regulation 15A.

(3) Scottish Water must—

(a)determine the sampling points (for the purposes of each monitoring programme); and

(b)ensure that these sampling points meet the relevant requirements in—

(i)regulations 11 to 14 and 16; and

(ii)schedule 1A.

(4) The first monitoring programme for each water supply zone (or part of a water supply zone) prepared under paragraph (1) must be approved by the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland.

(5) Until a monitoring programme for a water supply zone (or part of a water supply zone) under paragraph (1) has been approved under paragraph (4), Scottish Water must ensure that a programme of monitoring is implemented within the water supply zone which—

(a)complies with the minimum requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3); and

(b)includes any additional monitoring that Scottish Water would be required to carry out (or cause to be carried out) under these Regulations, if these Regulations continued to have effect as they had effect immediately before 27th October 2017.

(6) Scottish Water may modify a monitoring programme which has been approved under paragraph (4) to include additional monitoring for any parameter, micro-organism, parasite or substance, provided that the programme, as modified, complies with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(7) Scottish Water may modify a monitoring programme which has been approved under paragraph (4) to [F2remove or reduce the monitoring of any parameter, micro-organism, parasite or substance required by that programme] only—

(a)in accordance with conditions as are specified for those purposes in directions given under regulation 15A; or

(b)where no such conditions are specified in directions given under regulation 15A, with the consent of the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland.]

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