The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000

regulation 41

SCHEDULE 6 PROGRAMMES OF WORK

A water undertaker’s programme of work shall—

(a) identify, by reference to the parameters set out in the Table below, those parameters in respect of which the requirements of regulation 41(1)(a) and (b) are unlikely to be satisfied unless steps are taken to secure that those requirements will be met;

(b) identify whether the requirement that the formula [nitrate]/50 + [nitrite]/3 < 1, where the square brackets signify the concentrations in mg/l for nitrate (NO₃) and nitrite (NO₂), is unlikely to be satisfied;

(c) specify the steps that the water undertaker intends to take for the purpose of securing that the requirements of regulation 41(1)(a) and (b) are met;

(d) specify the date by which each of the steps specified in accordance with paragraph (c) is proposed to be completed; and

(e) specify the times at which, or the periods within which, reports will be made to the Secretary of State in relation to the taking and completion of the steps specified in accordance with paragraph (c).

TABLE

• Enterococci

• Acrylamide

• Antimony

• Arsenic

• Benzene

• Benzo(a)pyrene

• Boron

• Bromate

• Copper

• 1,2-dichloroethane

• Epichlorohydrin

• Lead

• Nickel

• Nitrite

• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

• Tetrachloroethene } sum of concentrations

• Trichloroethene } sum of concentrations

• Trihalomethanes—Total (sum of concentrations of chloroform, bromoform,dibromochloromethane and bromodichloromethane)

• Vinyl chloride