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2001 No. 2885
The Water Supply (Water Quality) (Amendment) Regulations 2001
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 67, 69, and 213(2) of the Water Industry Act 19911, and in exercise of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement, application and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Water Supply (Water Quality) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, and shall come into force on 5th September 2001.
2
The amendments specified in the Schedule to these Regulations shall apply in relation to the supply of water by water undertakers whose areas are not wholly or mainly in Wales.
3
Any reference in the Schedule to these Regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 20002.
Amendment of the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 20002
The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000 shall be amended in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations.
Further amendment of the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 19893
The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 19893 shall be amended—
a
in regulation 29 (maintenance of records)4, in paragraph (1)(f)—
i
by the substitution, for “regulation 13B”, of “regulation 13A”; and
ii
by the insertion, at the end, of “or regulation 29 of the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000”; and
b
in Schedule 3, in Table 4B5—
i
in the entry in column (2) in respect of the copper parameter, by the substitution, for “2.0μgCu/l”, of “2.0mgCu/l”; and
ii
by the substitution, for the last two entries, of the following entry—
Tetrachloroethene* }
Trichloroethene* }
10μg/l
25
25
10
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
SCHEDULEAMENDMENT OF THE WATER SUPPLY (WATER QUALITY) REGULATIONS 2000
1
In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and application)—
a
after paragraph (2), insert the following paragraphs—
2A
Regulation 25 (interpretation of Part VII) and regulation 39 (contraventions by water undertakers) shall come into force on 5th September 2001.
F1...
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F2b
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F32
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3
In regulation 4 (wholesomeness), in paragraph (2), in sub-paragraph (a), in paragraphs (i) and (ii), after “parameter”, insert “listed in Schedule 1”.
4
In regulation 9 (numbers of samples), in paragraph (ii) of sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2). omit “concentration”.
5
In regulation 16 (collection and analysis of samples), in paragraph (6)—
a
in the definition of “precision”, for “is the standard deviation”, substitute “is to be calculated as twice the standard deviation”; and
b
in the definition of “trueness”, after “is” insert “to be calculated as”.
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7
In regulation 30 (contamination from pipes), in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4) and sub paragraph (c) of paragraph (5) for “regulation 4 purposes”, substitute “regulation 4(1) purposes”.
F58
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10
In regulation 43 (revocation of Regulations and savings)—
a
in paragraph (1), for “Subject to paragraph (4), the”, substitute “The”;
b
in paragraph (2), for “Subject to paragraph (4), on”, substitute “On”; and
c
for paragraph (4), substitute the following paragraph—
4
Nothing in paragraph (3) revokes any of the provisions referred to in that paragraph so far as they relate to local authorities in Wales.
11
In Schedule 2 (indicator parameters), after item 6 insert—
6A.
Hydrogen ion
9.5
pH value
Consumers' taps
12
In Schedule 3 (monitoring), in Table 1 (parameters and circumstances for check monitoring)—
a
after item 4, insert—
4A.
Colony counts
b
in the entry in column (2) for item 8 omit “concentration”.
13
In Schedule 3, in Table 2 (annual sampling frequencies: water supply zones)—
a
in column (1)—
i
after “Clostridium perfringens”, insert “(including spores)*”;
ii
after “Tetrachloroethene*”, insert “Tetrachloromethane*”; and
b
in column (2), for “99,999”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “100,000”.
14
In Schedule 3, in Table 3 (annual sampling frequencies: treatment works or supply points)—
a
in column (3), for “ >12,000”, as it applies to items 1 to 6, substitute “≥ 12,000”; and
b
in column (2), in relation to the column (1) entry for item 16 (nitrite), for “(ii)”, substitute “(iia)”;
c
in note “*” at the end of the Table, for “subject to notes (ii) and (iii)”, substitute “except nitrite, subject to notes (ii) and (iia)”; and
d
for note (ii) at the end of the Table, substitute—
ii
Sampling at treatment works when chloramination is practised.
iia
Sampling at treatment works when chloramination is not practised.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)