PART 8Water Treatment

Replacement of lead pipes30

1

The relevant supplier must modify or replace its part of a pipe where a relevant supplier—

a

has received from the owner of premises to which water is so supplied notice in writing—

i

of the owner's intention to replace so much of the pipe as belongs to him; and

ii

of his desire that the relevant supplier replaces the remainder of the pipe; and

b

has reason to believe that water supplied by it for regulation 4(1) purposes from a pipe to which paragraph (2) applies contains, at the consumer's tap, a concentration of lead which exceeds 10 μg/1.

2

This paragraph applies to a pipe—

a

of which the major component is lead;

b

which is subject to water pressure from a water main or would be so subject but for the closing of some valve; and

c

of which part belongs to a relevant supplier and of which the remainder belongs to the owner of any premises to which the relevant supplier supplies water for regulation 4(1) purposes.