The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Capacity, Registration, Prescribed Forms, etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2016

Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 5 Reports

In this Schedule references to an engineer’s findings and recommendations include—

(a) confirmation that the undertaker has recorded the information required under section 11 of the 1975 Act;

(b) particulars of any directions given by the engineer specifying the dates and times at which, or the manner in which information is to be recorded under section 11 of the 1975 Act;

(c) details of any recommendations regarding alterations or additions to works or the installation of instruments or gauges for measuring leakage, deflections, settlement, uplift, pore pressures or similar matters;

(d) details of any movement of the surrounding land observed which might affect the stability of the reservoir;

(e) findings as to the adequacy and condition of the waste weir or overflow and any channels connected with it;

(f) a statement of any alterations the engineer has observed which affect the level to which water may be stored or to the level of the overflow sills since construction or since last inspection;

(g) a statement as to the adequacy of the margin between dam(s), reservoir walls or embankments level and overflow level;

(h) findings as to the efficiency of the scour pipe or discharge culvert or other means of lowering the level of the water in, and any means of controlling the inflow of water to, the reservoir.

In these forms of reports, square brackets and the words within them are not to be included where they are inappropriate.