The Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Regulation 13

SCHEDULE 5 Records

1.—(1) Within twelve months of these Regulations coming into force the Department shall compile records to include—

(a) the name and address of every responsible person for the land or private supply;

(b) the location and description of the private supply;

(c) an eight figure ordnance survey grid reference of the location of the source of supply;

(d) a description of the source;

(e) the addresses of the land supplied by the private supply;

(f) a plan of the private supply showing the sources and land supplied;

(g) the purposes for which the water is supplied;

(h) the estimated average daily volume of water supplied;

(i) an estimate of the numbers of people served by the supply;

(j) any drinking-water treatment to which the supply is subject;

(k) the monitoring programme for the supply;

(2) The Department shall review and update the record at least once a year.

(3) It shall keep the record for at least thirty years.

2.—(1) For each private supply the Department shall record each of the following within 28 days of the event—

(a) date and results of any sampling and analysis relating to that supply;

(b) sufficient records to show that the requirements of regulations 7 and 8 and Schedules 3 and 4 have been satisfied;

(c) the results of any investigation undertaken in accordance with these Regulations;

(d) any authorisation;

(e) any action taken or required to be taken by any person under these Regulations;

(f) any action taken or required to be taken following a notice given under Article 119 of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006(1);

(g) in respect of any risk assessment, the date and results of any inspection of the supply and the results of analysis of samples taken for the purposes of the assessment;

(h) any notices served under these Regulations;

(i) any request for the Department to carry out sampling and analysis, undertake a risk assessment or give advice;

(j) a summary of any advice given in relation to the supply; and

(k) such other particulars as the Department may determine.

(2) The Department shall keep the records of sampling and analysis for at least 30 years, and all other records under this paragraph for at least 10 years.

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SI 2006/3336 (N.I. 21)