The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014

Scottish Water to notify immediately any potential danger to human health

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18.—(1) Where Scottish Water establishes under regulation 17(1) that the failure in question constitutes a potential danger to human health, it must, by notice, immediately notify this to—

(a)the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland;

(b)the Scottish Ministers;

(c)each local authority for the area in which the potential danger occurs; and

(d)those of its consumers who are likely to be affected by the failure.

(2) The notice required by paragraph (1)(d) must inform the consumers—

(a)of the nature of the failure;

(b)that the failure constitutes a potential danger to human health;

(c)of any remedial action taken, or to be taken, by Scottish Water; and

(d)of any action that Scottish Water considers is necessary or desirable for the consumer to take to protect human health.