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Drinking Water 2000

A report by the Chief Inspector
Drinking Water Inspectorate

Hartlepool Water PLC

 

Overall Water Quality supplied by Hartlepool Water in 2000

  • A total of 2,468 tests were carried out by Hartlepool Water in 2000.

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

 

Company Information  
Amount of Water Supplied: 35 Ml/d
Consumers Supplied: 91,000
Areas of Supply: Hartlepool
Water Composition: 100% from boreholes and aquifers
Treatment Works: 3
Service Reservoirs: 6
Km of Mains: 513
Water Supply Zones: 4

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 1,182 tests on samples taken in its four 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

Total coliforms

233

1

0.43

-

Treatment works

Service reservoirs

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  • The Company was inspected or audited by DWI or its appointed consultants on four 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 programs of work

November

Follow-up of recommendations made in 1999 Inspection Report

December

  • No deficiencies were identified. A number of recommendations for improvements were made in relation to existing procedures on operation and maintenance of the distribution network.

Incidents

  • The Inspectorate regarded the one event notified during 2000 by the Company as an incident in which drinking water quality demonstrably deteriorated.

  • This incident has been assessed by DWI. It was of short duration and the Company took appropriate remedial action. No recommendations were necessary.

Nature of Incident

No. of Incidents

Assessment by DWI completed

Areas Affected

Supply of discoloured water

1

Yes

Hartlepool (Raby Road area)

Improvement Programmes Carried Out by the Company

  • There were no remedial programmes 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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