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Regulation 6
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Item | Parameter | Circumstances |
1. | Aluminium | When used as flocculant or where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters |
2. | Ammonium | |
3. | Clostridium perfringens (including spores) | Where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters |
4. | Coliform bacteria | |
5. | Colony counts | |
6. | Colour | |
7. | Conductivity | |
8. | Escherichia coli (E. coli) | |
9. | Hydrogen ion | |
10. | Iron | When used as flocculant or where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters |
11. | Manganese | Where the water originates from, or is influenced by, surface waters |
12. | Nitrate | When chloramination is practised |
13. | Nitrite | When chloramination is practised |
14. | Odour | |
15. | Taste | |
16. | Turbidity |
Note: This table sets out the annual sampling frequencies for all the substances and parameters in column 1. These are determined for each water supply zone according to its estimated population (column 2). The number of samples is either the standard number in column 4 or the reduced number in column 3 (if one is given). Regulation 9 provides for the circumstances in which the reduced number of samples may be taken.
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
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Substances and parameters subject to monitoring | Estimated population of water supply zone | Reduced | Standard | |
(i) Where the population is not an exact multiple of 5,000, the population figure must be rounded up to the nearest multiple of 5,000. | ||||
(ii) Sampling for these parameters may be within water supply zones or at supply points as specified in Table 3, subject to footnotes (iii) and (iv) below. | ||||
(iii) Check monitoring in water supply zones is required only where chloramination is practised. In other circumstances audit monitoring is required. | ||||
(iv) Audit monitoring in water supply zones is required only where sodium hypochlorite is added after water has left the treatment works. In other circumstances, audit monitoring is required at supply points. | ||||
(v) To monitor for indicative dose. | ||||
(vi) In the event that a single sample is taken in a year, a further sample should be taken if there is any change in relation to that supply that could affect the concentration of radionuclides in the water supply. | ||||
Subject to check monitoring | ||||
E. coli | <100 | 4 | ||
Coliform bacteria | ≥100 | 12 per 5,000 | ||
Residual disinfectant | Population(i) | |||
Aluminium | <100 | 1 | 2 | |
Ammonium | 100-4,999 | 2 | 4 | |
Clostridium perfringens | 5,000-9,999 | 6 | 12 | |
(including spores) | 10,000-29,999 | 12 | 24 | |
Colony counts | 30,000-49,999 | 18 | 36 | |
Colour | 50,000-79,999 | 26 | 52 | |
Conductivity(ii) | 80,000-100,000 | 38 | 76 | |
Hydrogen ion | ||||
Iron | ||||
Manganese | ||||
Nitrate(iii) | ||||
Nitrite | ||||
Odour | ||||
Taste | ||||
Turbidity | ||||
Subject to audit monitoring | ||||
Aluminium | <100 | 1 | ||
Antimony | 100-4,999 | 4 | ||
Arsenic | 5,000-100,000 | 8 | ||
Benzene(ii) | ||||
Benzo(a)pyrene | ||||
Boron(ii) | ||||
Bromate(iv) | ||||
Cadmium | ||||
Chromium | ||||
Clostridium perfringens | ||||
(including spores) | ||||
Copper | ||||
Cyanide(ii) | ||||
1,2 dichloroethane(ii) | ||||
Enterococci | ||||
Fluoride(ii) | ||||
Gross alpha(ii) (v) (vi) | ||||
Gross beta(ii) (v) (vi) | ||||
Iron | ||||
Lead | ||||
Manganese | ||||
Mercury(ii) | ||||
Nickel | ||||
Nitrate(iii) | ||||
Nitrite(iii) | ||||
Pesticides and related products(ii) | ||||
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | ||||
Radon(ii) (vi) | ||||
Selenium | ||||
Sodium | ||||
Trichloroethene | ||||
Tetrachloroethene(ii) | ||||
Tetrachloromethane(ii) | ||||
Trihalomethanes | ||||
Chloride(ii) | ||||
Sulphate(ii) | ||||
Total organic carbon(ii) | ||||
Tritium(ii) (vi) |
Note 1: Sampling is at treatment works for the substances and parameters in column 2 of the Table (items (1) to (6)) and at supply points for the other substances and parameters, except nitrite, subject to footnotes (i) and (iv) to the Table below.
Note 2: This Table sets out the annual sampling frequencies for all the substances and parameters in column 2 at treatment works or supply points. The frequencies are determined according to the volume of water supplied at each treatment works or supply point (column 3). The number of samples is either the standard number in column 5 or the reduced number in column 4 (if one is given). Regulation 9 provides for the circumstances in which the reduced number of samples may be taken.
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
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Item | Substances and parameters | Volume of water supplied m3/d | Reduced | Standard |
(i) Sampling is at treatment works when chloramination is practised. | ||||
(ii) Check monitoring is required only in respect of surface waters (see regulation 6(2) and Table 1 in Schedule 3). | ||||
(iii) Audit monitoring at supply points is required only where sodium hypochlorite is not added after water has left the treatment works. In other circumstances, audit monitoring is required in water supply zones. | ||||
(iv) Sampling at treatment works when chloramination is not practised. | ||||
(v) To monitor for indicative dose. | ||||
1. | E. coli | <20 | - | 4 |
2. | Coliform bacteria | 20–1,999 | 12 | 52 |
3. | Colony counts | 2,000–5,999 | 52 | 104 |
4. | Nitrite(i) | 6,000–11,999 | 104 | 208 |
5. | Residual disinfectant | ≥12,000 | 104 | 365 |
6. | Turbidity | |||
Subject to check monitoring | ||||
7. | Clostridium perfringens(ii) | <20 | - | 2 |
8. | Conductivity | 20–999 | 2 | 4 |
1,000–1,999 | 6 | 12 | ||
2,000-5,999 | 12 | 24 | ||
6,000-9,999 | 18 | 36 | ||
10,000-15,999 | 26 | 52 | ||
16,000-32,999 | 52 | 104 | ||
33,000-49,999 | 78 | 156 | ||
50,000-67,999 | 104 | 208 | ||
68,000-84,999 | 130 | 260 | ||
85,000-101,999 | 156 | 312 | ||
102,000-119,999 | 183 | 365 | ||
120,000-241,999 | 365 | 730 | ||
242,000–484,999 | 730 | 1,460 | ||
485,000–728,999 | 1,095 | 2,190 | ||
Subject to audit monitoring | ||||
9. | Benzene | <20 | 1 | |
10. | Boron | 20–999 | 4 | |
11. | Bromate(iii) | 1,000–49,999 | 8 | |
12. | Clostridium | 50,000–89,999 | 12 | |
Perfringens (including spores) | 90,000–299,999 | 24 | ||
13. | Cyanide | 300,000–649,999 | 36 | |
14. | 1,2 dichloroethane | ≥650,000 | 48 | |
15. | Fluoride | |||
16. | Indicative dose | |||
17. | Mercury | |||
18. | Nitrite(iv) | |||
19. | Pesticides and related products | |||
20. | Radon | |||
21. | Trichloroethene/ | |||
Tetrachloroethene | ||||
22. | Tetrachloromethane | |||
23. | Chloride | |||
24. | Sulphate | |||
25. | Total organic carbon | |||
26. | Tritium | |||
27. | Gross alpha(v) | |||
28. | Gross beta(v) |
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