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Pollution Control - Water
Environmental Health - August 2008
environmental.health@kirklees.gov.uk
What areas of water quality do Environmental Health Officers look at?
Private Water Supplies: For those who extract their private water supply from boreholes, wells and springs.
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: to include swimming pools at leisure centres, spa pools, hydrotherapy pools.
We are responsible for checking the quality of all our swimming pools to include leisure centres, private health clubs, hotels and out door
pools, hydrotherapy pools, spa pools and paddling pools.
We check these on a monthly basis for bacteriological (bacteria), six monthly for chemical quality unless there is a complaint or a problem
with the chemical tests, in which case the frequency will be increased.
Mains Water: To include Manufacturers of foods and drinks as well as occasionally looking at domestic supply.
In the first instance, queries about domestic mains water supply should be addressed to Yorkshire Water at
household@yorkshirewater.com on tel: 0845 1242424.
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' or telephone 020 7082 8024.
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