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The Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and application

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Scope

  3. PART 2

    1. 4.Wholesomeness

    2. 5.Use of products or substances in private supplies and disinfection arrangements

    3. 6.Requirement to carry out a risk assessment

  4. PART 3

    1. 7.Monitoring

    2. 8.Further distribution of supplies from water undertakers or licensed water suppliers

    3. 9.Large supplies and supplies as part of a commercial or public activity

    4. 10.Other private supplies

    5. 11.Monitoring for radioactive substances

    6. 12.Sampling and analysis

    7. 13.New supplies

    8. 14.Records

  5. PART 4

    1. 15.Provision of information

    2. 16.Investigations

    3. 17.Authorisations of different standards

  6. PART 5

    1. 18.Notices

    2. 19.Appeals

    3. 20.Penalties

  7. PART 6

    1. 21.Fees

    2. 22.Review

    3. 23.Revocations

    4. 24.Transitional provisions

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Prescribed concentrations or values

      1. PART 1 Wholesomeness

      2. PART 2 Indicator parameters (excluding radioactive substances)

      3. PART 3 Indicator parameters (radioactive substances)

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Monitoring

      1. PART 1 Check monitoring

        1. 1.Sampling

        2. 2.Frequency of sampling

      2. PART 2 Audit monitoring

        1. 3.Sampling

        2. 4.Frequency of sampling

      3. PART 3 Minimum frequency for check monitoring and audit monitoring for water put into bottles or containers not intended for sale

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Sampling and analysis

      1. PART 1 General

        1. 1.Samples: general

        2. 2.Analysing samples

        3. 3.Authorisation of alternative methods of analysis

        4. 4.Sampling and analysis by persons other than local authorities

      2. PART 2 Analytical methods

      3. PART 3 Monitoring for indicative dose and analytical performance characteristics

        1. 5.Monitoring for compliance with the ID

        2. 6.Screening for certain radionuclides, or screening for an individual radionuclide

        3. 7.Screening strategies for gross alpha activity and gross beta activity

        4. 8.Calculation of the ID

        5. 9.Performance characteristics and methods of analysis

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Records

      1. 1.Initial records

      2. 2.Additional records

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Fees

      1. 1.A local authority may charge a fee, payable on invoice,...

      2. 2.Persons liable to pay

  9. Explanatory Note

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