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Drinking Water 2000

A report by the Chief Inspector
Drinking Water Inspectorate

Cholderton and District Water Company

 

Overall Water Quality supplied by Cholderton and District Water in 2000

  • A total of 521 tests were carried out by Cholderton and District Water in 2000.

  • Of these tests, 100% complied with the Regulations.

 

Company Information  
Amount of Water Supplied: 1.59 Ml/d
Consumers Supplied: 2,100
Areas of Supply: Villages of Cholderton and Shipton Bellinger in Wiltshire
Water Composition: 100% from boreholes and aquifers
Treatment Works: 1
Service Reservoirs: 1
Km of Mains: 44
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 313 tests on samples taken in its water supply zone. All parameters fully complied with the standards. Parameter meanings can be found at the beginning of this section.

Treatment works

  • There were no contraventions of the microbiological standards at the Company's water treatment works in 2000.

Service reservoirs

  • At the Company's one service reservoir, coliforms were absent from at least 95% of samples. There were no failures of the standard for faecal coliforms.

Company Audit and Inspection Link to expanded information (web site version)

  • The Company was inspected or audited by DWI or its appointed consultants on two 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 trail of one sample

November

  • No major deficiencies were identified but one recommendation was made regarding on-site determinations.

Incidents

  • The Inspectorate did not regard the single event notified by the Company during 2000 as an incident in which drinking water quality demonstrably deteriorated.

Improvement Programmes Carried Out by the Company

  • No remedial programmes of work were due for full completion during 2000.

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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