The Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016

Sampling

1.—(1) A local authority must undertake check monitoring in accordance with this Part.

(2) “Check monitoring” means sampling for each parameter listed in Table 1 in the circumstances listed in that Table in order to—

(a) determine whether or not water complies with the concentrations or values in Schedule 1,

(b) provide information on the organoleptic and microbiological quality of the water, and

(c) establish the effectiveness of the treatment of the water, including disinfection.

Table 1

Check monitoring

Parameter	Circumstances
Aluminium	When used as flocculant or where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters
Ammonium	In all supplies
Clostridium perfringens (including spores)	Where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters
Coliform bacteria	In all supplies
Colony counts	In all supplies
Colour	In all supplies
Conductivity	In all supplies
Escherichia coli (E. coli)	In all supplies
Hydrogen ion	In all supplies
Iron	When used as flocculant or where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters
Manganese	Where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters
Nitrate	When chloramination is practised
Nitrite	When chloramination is practised
Odour	In all supplies
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Only in the case of water in bottles or containers
Taste	In all supplies
Turbidity	In all supplies