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Drinking Water 2000

A report by the Chief Inspector
Drinking Water Inspectorate

Folkestone and Dover Water Services Limited

 

Overall Water Quality supplied by Folkestone and Dover Water in 2000

  • A total of 7,302 tests were carried out by Folkestone and Dover Water in 2000.

  • Of these tests, 99.96% complied with the Regulations.

 

Company Information  
Amount of Water Supplied: 49 Ml/d
Consumers Supplied: 160,000
Areas of Supply: Coastal strip from Dungeness to Dover on the Kent coast
Water Composition: 15% from rivers and reservoirs
85% from boreholes and aquifers
Treatment Works: 15
Service Reservoirs: 13
Km of Mains: 1,068
Water Supply Zones: 10

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 3,504 tests on samples taken in its 10 water supply zones. 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

Lead

22

1

4.55

-

Treatment works

Service reservoirs

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

  • The Company was inspected or audited by DWI or its appointed consultants on five 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 five samples

October

Audit of plumbosolvency treatment and control programmes of work

November

Follow-up of response to recommendations

December

Inspection of distribution system improvement programme progress.

Ongoing

  • No major deficiencies were identified but a number of recommendations were made

Incidents

  • The Inspectorate regarded both of the events notified during 2000 by the Company as incidents in which drinking water quality demonstrably deteriorated.

  • Both of the incidents have been assessed by DWI. Each was of short duration and the Company has taken appropriate remedial action. One recommendation was made to the Company regarding notification.

Nature of Incident

No. of Incidents

Assessment by DWI Completed

Areas Affected

Supply of water with taste and odour

1

Yes

Hawkinge (October)

Wholesomeness concerns relating

to water treatment works

1

Yes

Kingsdown (November)

Improvement Programmes Carried Out by the Company

  • No remedial programmes were due for full completion during 2000.
  • The ongoing distribution system improvement programmes due for completion in 2007, which have been implemented by the Company, have been progressing satisfactorily.

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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