The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 1989

Maintenance of records

29.—(1) A water undertaker shall prepare and maintain, in respect of each of its water supply zones, a record containing–

(a) the name of the zone;

(b) if not comprised in the name of the zone, the name of any water treatment works from which water is supplied to premises within the zone;

(c) an estimate of the population of the zone;

(d) particulars of any relaxation granted under Part III of these Regulations which applies to water supplied in the zone;

(e) particulars of any action taken or required to be taken by the undertaker to comply with undertakings given pursuant to section 20(5)(b) in respect of its duties under section 52 of the Act so far as they relate to the zone;

(f) particulars of the result of any analysis of samples taken in accordance with Part IV of these Regulations or regulations 16 to 19;

(g) information in the form in Schedule 4 hereto;

(h) such other particulars as the undertaker may determine.

(2) An undertaker shall make–

(a) initial entries in the register in respect of the matters mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) to (e) before 1 January 1990;

(b) entries relating to the results of the analysis of samples within 28 days of the day in which the result is first known to the undertaker; and

(c) an entry of the information mentioned in paragraph (1)(g) when regulation 30(4) is complied with.

(3) Without prejudice to paragraph (2), the undertaker shall at least once in each year review and bring up to date the record required to be kept by paragraph (1).

(4) Nothing in this regulation shall require an undertaker to retain a record of any information mentioned in paragraph (1)(f) or (g) at any time more than five years after the date on which the information was first entered in the record.