The Water Quality (Scotland) Regulations 2010 No. 95

Amendment of the Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006 S

15.  After regulation 5 of the 2006 Regulations, insert—

“Duty of relevant person in relation to disinfection

5A.   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.”.