Inset Appointment – Albion Water Limited
Overall Water Quality supplied by Albion Water in 2000
A total of 391 tests were carried out by Albion Water in 2000 Of these tests, 99.74% complied with the Regulations.
Company Information Amount of Water Supplied: 0.083 Ml/d Consumers Supplied: 300 Areas of Supply: Shotton Zone Water Composition: Bulk supply from Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig Treatment Works: N/A Service Reservoirs: N/A Km of Mains: N/A Water Supply Zones: 1 Water Quality in Water Supply Zones, at Treatment Works, and in Service Reservoirs
Water supply zones
In general, to be wholesome, water must comply with the standards set out in the Regulations. The Company carried out a total of 391 tests on samples taken in its water supply zone. The table below includes only the parameters that breached the standard. All other parameters fully complied with the standards. Parameter meanings can be found at the beginning of this section.
- The last column indicates the number of failures in zones already covered by legally binding undertakings given by the Company to carry out remedial works to overcome the difficulty in meeting the individual standard.
Parameter
Total samples taken
Samples not meeting the standard
Percentage
Number of failures already covered by undertakings
Temperature
7
1
14.28
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Treatment works
The Company has no treatment works. Service reservoirs
The Company has no service reservoirs Company Audit and Inspection
- The Company was inspected or audited by DWI or its appointed consultants on three occasions in 2000. Where relevant, report summaries are available in the ‘Business and Technical’ section of DWI’s web site under ‘Audit and Inspection’.
Audit or Inspection
Date
Annual assessment of 1999 compliance data
April/May
Audit trails of three samples
October
Annual technical audit
November
- No major deficiencies were identified but a number of recommendations were made, especially in relation to the Public Record and procedures for breaching a standard.
Incidents
- No events were notified by the Company during 2000 in which drinking water quality demonstrably deteriorated.
Improvement Programmes
Carried Out by the Company
- The Company has no remedial programmes in place.
Enforcement Action
- No Enforcement action needed to be considered for the Company as a result of the Inspectorate's work during 2000.
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Published 11 July 2001
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