Guidance on implementing the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations
Long term planning guidance (PDF 202KB)
Long term planning guidance – Water Resources and Sufficiency of Supplies (PDF 189KB)
Private Water Supplies Guidance
DWI Reports with recommendations and lessons-learnt applicable to all water suppliers
Other Technical Guidance and codes of Practice
The Drinking Water Inspectorate produce guidance notes for regulations and procedures and codes of practice that the water industry must adhere to. A list of current documents can be found below.
The Standing Committee of Analysts (SCA) comprises a series of working groups who provide guidance on methods of sampling and analysis for determining the quality of environmental matrices. Guidance is published as Blue Books within the series Methods for the Examination of Waters and Associated materials. The guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website.