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Pollution, noise and hazardous substancesPollution control - WaterEnvironmental Services - December 2010pollution@kirklees.gov.uk What areas of water quality do Environmental Health Officers look at?Bathing waters: to include swimming pools at leisure centres, spa pools, hydrotherapy pools. We check the quality of swimming pools including leisure centres, private health clubs, hotels and out door pools, hydrotherapy pools, spa pools and paddling pools. We check public pools on a monthly basis for bacteriological (bacteria) quality, and 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: In the first instance, queries about domestic mains water supply should be addressed to Yorkshire Water at household@yorkshirewater.com or tel: 0845 1242424. We may occasionally become involved in the testing of domestic mains water in addition to Yorkshire Water. 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' and are the body responsible for regulating Yorkshire Water - telephone 020 7082 8024. Private Water Supplies: the Private Water Supplies Regulations 2009 give a range of responsibilities to all local authorities and came into force on the 1st January 2010 and can be found on the OPSI web site: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/uksi_20093101_en_6. The Regulations apply to all private water supplies intended for human consumption. This means they apply to water for domestic purposes (e.g. drinking, cooking, food preparation and washing) and water used for food-production purposes. These supplies include:
The Regulations require Local Authorities to complete a risk assessment of all private water supplies, except for a supply to a single dwelling. The Regulations require Local Authorities to monitor private water supplies and they give a clear indication of the monitoring requirements from which Local Authorities can develop their annual sampling programme:
Local Authorities must keep records of all private water supplies including Private Distribution Systems. The regulations set out procedures Local Authorities must follow if it considers a private water supply is unwholesome, including a requirement to investigate the cause and inform the private water supply user/s if the supply constitutes a potential danger to human health and give such user/s advice to allow them to minimise any such potential danger. Local Authorities will need to liaise with the Health Protection Agency to seek advice on whether there is potential danger to human health. Where a private water supply requires improvement Local Authorities will liaise informally with private water supply Owner/Users to prevent a potential danger to human health. If an informal approach does not resolve the problem then other options may be considered, including the serving of notices. Local Authorities will make reasonable charges, to cover their costs for carrying out their duties under the Regulations, up to maximum limits set out in the regulations. How to contact us...
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