Drinking Water Inspectorate: Information Letter 4/2000 - 21 January 2000
To: Board Level contacts of Water and Sewerage Companies and Water Companies in England and Wales
Dear Sir/Madam,
Monitoring Data Reporting Under The Water Supply (Water Quality) (Amendment Regulations) 1999 : Cryptosporidium in Water Supplies
Purpose
1. The purpose of this letter is to advise water companies of the requirements for submitting to the Drinking Water Inspectorate the results, in electronic form, of the monitoring of water supplies carried our in accordance with the Water Supply (Water Quality) (Amendment) Regulations 1999.
2. DWI Information letter 10/99 explained that a monthly summary of all results from each sampling point must be submitted to the Inspectorate within 15 days of the end of each calendar month. The submission of this data should be sent to the Document Controller (Cyrilla Sanni), Zone 2/F3, telephone 020 7944 5984. It also stated that the Inspectorate would issue details for the electronic submission of these data in due course. This information letter gives these details.
Data Format
3. The data must be submitted in Excel 97 in the format listed in annex 1. A model completed form is attached as annex 2. Electronic copies of the Excel spreadsheet can be obtained from the Inspectorate. Any company that cannot provide data in this format should contact Mitesh Raikundalia to discuss its difficulties. The laboratory ID code will be issued to approved laboratories when they are approved. The company ID code is the standard Inspectorate company identification. The sample point ID code will be agreed with companies on approval of the sampling point. The use of other formats may be possible, but prior approval must be obtained from the Inspectorate.
Enquiries
4. Any enquiries about this letter and requests for electronic copies of the Excel spreadsheet should be sent to Mitesh Raikundalia, Zone 2/C1, telephone 0171 7944 5968.
5. Copies of this letter and the attachments are being sent to Pamela Taylor, Chief Executive, Water UK; Bob Dinwiddy, Water Supply and Regulation Division, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions; Bob Macey, Environment Division, The National Assembly for Wales; Tim Hooton, Water Services Unit, Scottish Executive; Randal Scott, Drinking Water Inspectorate for Northern Ireland; Rowena Tye, Office of Water Services and David Harper, Department of Health.
Yours faithfully
Michael Rouse
Chief Inspector
The Annexes are available in Adobe Acrobat format for download. The Adobe Acrobat Reader can be freely downloaded.
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Updated 21 July 2000 Updated 11 July 2001
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