PART 4MONITORING OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES

Sampling: water supplied by tanker13

1

Where the distribution of water in any part of a water supply zone is by tanker and is (or is likely to be) an intermittent short-term supply, samples of water from each tanker from which the water is distributed must be taken—

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when the water is put into that tanker,

b

24 hours after the commencement of the distribution from that tanker, and

c

every 24 hours from then on until the distribution is discontinued.

2

The first sample taken in relation to each distribution must be analysed for compliance with—

a

Escherichia coli (item 2) in Table A;

b

conductivity (item 7) in Table C; and

c

hydrogen ion (item 8) in Table C.

3

The second and any subsequent samples must be analysed for compliance with every parameter in Table A, Table B and Table C.

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This regulation does not apply where the distribution of water in any part of a water supply zone is by mobile tanker.