Amendment of the Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 200615

After regulation 5 of the 2006 Regulations, insert—

Duty of relevant person in relation to disinfection5A

Where a relevant person disinfects a private water supply for human consumption purposes, the relevant person must—

a

where necessary, subject the water to sufficient preliminary treatment to prepare the water for disinfection; and

b

design, operate and maintain the disinfection process so as to keep disinfection by-products as low as possible without compromising the performance of the disinfection process.