The Water Supply (Water Quality) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/994) (W.99) (“the Principal Regulations”).

The Principal Regulations implement Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of drinking water intended for human consumption, the Drinking Water Directive (OJ No L330, 5.12.1998, p.32), in parts of Wales and England in relation to water supplies by water undertakers and licensed water suppliers. The Principal Regulations also make further provision about the supply of drinking water.

Regulation 2 amends the Principal Regulations as follows—

• Paragraph (2)(a) amends the references to the sampling requirements where the distribution of water in any part of a water supply zone is by tanker and is or is likely to be an intermittent short-term supply.

• Paragraph (2)(b) amends the references to the chemical parameters that need to be sampled in relation to groundwater and surface water.

• Paragraph (3) removes regulation 20(6).

• Paragraph (4) inserts the heading for regulation 21.

• Paragraph (5) amends regulation 33 of the Principal Regulations by inserting the correct references for the offence provisions set out in regulation 27 of the Principal Regulations.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for the purpose of these Regulations but the regulatory impact assessment referred to in the Principal Regulations can be obtained from the Water and Climate Change Division of the Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.