Water
What areas of water quality does the Council look at?
- Private Water Supplies For those who extract their private water supply from boreholes.
- Bathing waters: To include swimming pools at leisure centres, Jacuzzi's, hydrotherapy pools.
- Mains Water: To include Manufacturers of foods and drinks as well as occasionally looking at domestic supply.
Details
Private Water Supplies
We have a number of domestic and commercial private water supplies where we are the responsible authority for monitoring their quality both microbiologically (bacteria) and chemically (e.g. pesticides).
The legislation we use is made under the Water Industry Act 1991 and is called the Private Water Supplies Regulations 1991.
This tells us what the standards of the water should be and how often we have to test the water depending upon its use.
Bathing Waters
We are responsible for checking the quality of all our swimming pools to include leisure centres, private health clubs, hotels and out door pools, hospital hydrotherapy pools, Jacuzzi's and paddling pools.
We will investigate complaints about the quality of the pool waters.
Mains Water Supply
We may occasionally become involved in the testing of domestic mains water in addition to the statutory water undertaker.
In addition, the Drinking Water Inspectorate, who are the national body for ensuring the quality of water, provide an annual publication titled 'How Good is Your Drinking Water'.
Stored Water Supply
We will investigate complaints about stored water supplies.
If you would like more information on water quality contact us using the details on the right.
Page updated: 28 Jan 2008