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Deershed Festival
Since 2012, an annual three-day festival has taken place in northern England. Water is supplied for domestic purposes from a borehole. The borehole supplies a lake, which acts as a reservoir and the water is then piped to points around the festival grounds. As the lake level lowers, a pump is automatically started to draw […]
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Dealing with common enforcement challenges: as illustrated by a case of a Regulation 18 Notice served on a large private supply to a school
This case study concerns a boarding school with around 300 pupils and staff. The premises is situated in a suburban area, but enjoys its own expansive private grounds. The school is served by a private water supply which draws water from a borehole, into a storage tank. Chlorine dioxide is generated on-site and is dosed […]
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Change of use from non-domestic to domestic purposes at a public building
This case study involves a supply owned by an organisation which provides vocational training to teenage pupils. In 2010 it acquired a site comprising a number of metal sheds and outbuildings with water provided by a shallow borehole. The site at that stage was only used as mechanical workshops and the water supply was used […]
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The objective and purpose of Regulation 8
In February, an MP wrote to the Inspectorate on behalf of a constituent who was complaining about a ‘copper residue’ in her drinking water. In line with normal practice, the Inspectorate contacted the water company to find out if they were aware of the complaint and, if yes, to establish whether the company had investigated […]
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Classification of tourist springs and wholesomeness issues
Historic springs that are used as a tourist attraction It is not uncommon for a spring to feature as a tourist attraction at a historic site visited by the public and in such instances information about the spring must be on the local authority’s private supply record. Such supplies fall in scope of Regulation 9 […]
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Disconnection of a supply
This case study relates to a Regulation 9 supply to a large country estate in Hampshire, the source of which is a borehole located on a parcel of land upon which there are various cottages and farms. The supply serves 28 properties and businesses directly (150 – 160 persons), and of these six customers who […]
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What constitutes a ‘commercial premises’ within the context of the legislation?
This case study relates to a common source of confusion where terminology relating to public and commercial use is often misunderstood and wrongly applied. It cites an enquiry which provides a useful opportunity to put into context the scope of the Regulations in terms of how Regulations 8, 9 and 10 are interpreted by local […]
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Remediation of a Regulation 9 borehole supply leading to the creation of a new Regulation 8 supply – an exception to the guidance on Regulation 8 supplies?
This case study relates to a private borehole on a farm estate that also serves 27 residential properties; some owned by the estate, with the remainder in private ownership. Borehole water is pumped to two large reservoirs that provide supplies to each of the properties by gravity. The standby backup supply to the reservoirs was […]
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Action in the event of a failure at a single domestic dwelling
This case study relates to a rural supply fed from a spring directly to a farmhouse, and a farm on which only the resident farmer works, therefore constituting a single domestic dwelling. There is no treatment on the supply, and the farmer approached the local authority to take a sample to satisfy the farm assurance […]
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Illegal connection
On 13 November 2014, a water company meter reader visited a farm near Pickering in North Yorkshire to take a meter reading, and discovered the meter was running backwards. The meter reader also identified that there was a private borehole on site being used for domestic purposes, and arranged for a Water Regulations Inspector to […]
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Successful prosecution of a relevant person for non-compliance with a Regulation 18 Notice
This case study involves a borehole supplying three properties, one owned by the farmer on whose land the source was located, and which then feeds two separate downstream properties. It was risk assessed and sampled by the local authority in October 2012 and it was deemed to constitute a potential danger to human health. There […]
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Verifying that improvement have been made to a village supply
This case study relates to a Regulation 9 spring supply feeding a village with a resident population of 200 and a temporary population of 499 attending private parties. The source comprises a number of springs and collection chambers which range in construction and condition. Most of the collection feed into a main reservoir via a […]