Safe Drinking Water Regulations 2025

The Secretary may determine, in relation to drinking water that is to be tested for a sample characteristic specified in the determination, the frequency at which samples of that drinking water must be collected in a water sampling area.

A determination under subregulation (1) may be made—

on an application by a water supplier; or

on the Secretary's own initiative.

In making a determination under subregulation (1), the Secretary may have regard to—

the number of persons who take water from the water sampling area, including any variation in that number at different times during the year; and

the number of water samples to be collected during the period specified in the determination that would ensure that those samples represent, so far as practicable, the drinking water supplied from the water sampling area during that period; and

any chemicals or other substances used to treat the drinking water from the water sampling area; and

any other matter the Secretary considers relevant.

A determination under subregulation (1) must specify the following—

the water supplier to which the determination applies;

the water sampling area to which the determination applies;

how frequently water samples are to be collected in the water sampling area;

the sample characteristic to which the determination applies;

the period of the determination, including the date on which that period commences.

A determination under subregulation (1) must be published in the Government Gazette.