The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016

Interpretation and application of Part 4 E+W

5.— [F1 (1) In this Part, “monitoring of a Group A parameter” means monitoring of a Group A parameter for the purpose of obtaining information at regular intervals—

(a) as to the organoleptic and microbiological quality of water;

(b) where relevant, as to the effectiveness of drinking water treatment, particularly for the purposes of disinfection, for the purposes referred to in paragraph (2); and

(c) as regards indicator parameters, whether water supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes meets the specifications for those parameters.]

[F1 (2) A Group A parameter must be monitored to determine whether its presence in water supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes satisfies the provisions of Part 3 or, if a departure has been authorised under Part 7 in relation to that supply, the provisions of Part 3 as read with the terms of that departure.]

[F1 (3) In this Part, “monitoring of a Group B parameter” means monitoring of a Group B parameter for the purpose of obtaining information from which it may be established whether water supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes—

(a) satisfies the provisions of Part 3 or, if a departure has been authorised under Part 7 in relation to that supply, the provisions of Part 3 as read with the terms of that departure;

(b) meets the specifications for indicator parameters;

(c) in respect of other parameters identified as relevant by the Secretary of State under regulation 9, meets the specifications for those parameters.]

(4) This Part applies to water supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes by a relevant supplier in the performance of its duties under Chapter 3.

(5) Regulations 6 to 10 apply to a [F2 wholesale licensee] in relation to samples taken from supply points as they apply to a water undertaker, but only insofar as the [F2 wholesale licensee] is introducing water into a water supply zone in which the water undertaker takes samples under this Part (to the extent authorised by or under regulation 8) from supply points.

[F3 (6) In this regulation—

“Group A parameter” means a parameter specified in column 2 of Table 1 in Schedule 3;

“Group B parameter” means a parameter specified in column 2 of Table 2 or, as the case may be, Table 3 in Schedule 3.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 5(1)-(3) substituted (11.7.2018) by The Water Supply (Water Quality) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/706), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 5(5) substituted (31.3.2017) by The Water Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/506), arts. 1(1), 32(4)

F3 Reg. 5(6) inserted (11.7.2018) by The Water Supply (Water Quality) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/706), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(b)