Information Letter

DWI Information Letter 11/2005

26 July 2005

To: Board Level and Day to Day Contacts of Water and Sewerage Companies and Water Companies in England and Wales

To: Inset Appointees and potential Inset Applicants

Dear Sir or Madam

GUIDANCE TO INSET APPOINTEES ON THEIR REGULATORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Purpose

1. At the end of August 2002, the Inspectorate issued guidance to inset appointees and potential inset applicants on their regulatory responsibilities in terms of drinking water quality (Information Letter 11/2002). This guidance has recently been reviewed and revised to take account of changes in the regulatory regime.
   
   
2. The purpose of this letter is to issue the revised guidance, which is attached. The guidance will also be available as a stand alone document on the DWI website (www.dwi.gov.uk).

Enquiries

3. Copies of this letter are being sent to Pamela Taylor, Chief Executive, Water UK; Richard Wood, Water Supply and Regulation Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; June Milligan, Environment Division, Welsh Assembly Government; Tim Hooton, Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland; Randal Scott, Drinking Water Inspectorate for Northern Ireland; Chairs of the Regional WaterVoice Committees; and Rowena Tye and Tony Smith, Office of Water Services.
   
   
4. This letter is being sent electronically to Board Level and day to day contacts. Please acknowledge receipt by email to dwi.informationletters@defra.gsi.gov.uk. Hard copies are not being sent but the letter may be freely copied. Any enquiries about the letter should be addressed directly to me.

Yours sincerely

Miss C R Jackson
Deputy Chief Inspector of Drinking Water

Guidance on the regulatory responsibilities associated with inset appointments for public water supplies    (Adobe format 147KB)

Drinking Water Inspectorate

55 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2EY
Telephone : 020 7270 3370

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