A private water supply is, in general terms, any water supply which is not a public water supply provided by a water company such as Southern Water. The source of the supply may be a well, borehole, spring, stream, river, lake or pond. The supply may serve just one property or several.
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council undertakes periodic water sampling from private water supplies in order to check that they meet statutory drinking water standards specified in the Private Water Supplies Regulations 1991. A charge is normally made for sampling.
If your home or business is served by a private water supply and is not currently registered, or you would like any further information or wish to make an enquiry about the registered supplies, please contact us on the details below. General advice on private water supplies can be found at the following websites
http://www.privatewatersupplies.gov.uk/
http://dwi.defra.gov.uk/stakeholders/private-water-supplies/index.htm
If you have a private water supply that is currently registered and would like to arrange for a sample to be taken, or would like further advice on treatment methods or other private water supply matters, please contact the Environment Protection Team at 01256 844844 or email pollution@basingstoke.gov.uk
The new regulations have come into force under the Private Water Supply Regulations 2009. The regulations impose new monitoring duties and require the local authority to carry out a risk assessment on specific areas of the supply. In addition revised water quality standards and tighter monitoring of certain supplies are intended. The new regulations will specifically impact on supplies for human consumption purposes which on average provide 10 or more cubic metres of water per day or serve 50 or more persons, or are supplied or used as part of a commercial or public activity.
If you believe you own a private water supply in the borough of Basingstoke & Deane please complete the questionnaire below and send it in to us.
Please also find below the recently produced leaflet from the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI). The leaflet provides further information on the new Regulations and what this means to you as an owner or user of a private water supply.
