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The Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016
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PART 2Audit monitoring
Sampling
3.—(1) A local authority must undertake audit monitoring in accordance with this Part.
(2) “Audit monitoring” means sampling for each parameter listed in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 (other than parameters already being sampled under check monitoring)—
(a)in order to provide information necessary to determine whether or not the private water supply satisfies each concentration, value or state prescribed in those Parts of that Schedule, and
(b)if disinfection is used, in order to check that disinfection by-products are kept as low as possible without compromising the effectiveness of disinfection.
(3) The local authority may, for such time as it may decide, exclude a parameter from audit monitoring of a private water supply—
(a)if it considers that the parameter in question is unlikely to be present in the supply or system at a concentration or value that poses a risk of the private water supply failing to meet the concentration, value or state specified in Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1 in respect of that parameter,
(b)taking into account the findings of any risk assessment, and
(c)taking into account any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.
(4) A local authority may monitor anything else identified in the risk assessment.
Frequency of sampling
4.—(1) Sampling must be carried out at the frequencies specified in Table 3.
Table 3
Sampling frequency for audit monitoring
| Volume m3/day | Sampling frequency per year |
|---|---|
| ≤ 10 | 1 |
| > 10 ≤ 3,300 | 2 |
| > 3,300 ≤ 6,600 | 3 |
| > 6,600 ≤ 10,000 | 4 |
| > 10,000 ≤ 100,000 | 3 + 1 for each 10,000m3/day of the total volume (rounding up to the nearest multiple of 10,000m3/day) |
| > 100,000 | 10 + 1 for each 25,000m3/day of the total volume (rounding up to the nearest multiple of 25,000m3/day) |
(2) A local authority may set a higher frequency for any parameter if it considers it appropriate, taking into account the findings of any risk assessment.
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