Additional details to be included in a water supplier's annual report
21 Additional details to be included in a water supplier's annual report
For the purposes of section 26(1) and (2) of the Act, the required contents of a water supplier's annual report are—
details of any new water sampling areas and any variations to water sampling areas specified in the water supplier's risk management plan; and
if an emergency or incident occurred during the financial year that affected the quality of water supplied by the water supplier, information about actions taken by the water supplier in response to that emergency or incident; and
any issues that arose as a consequence of the actions referred to in paragraph (b); and
if the Secretary accepted a written undertaking by the water supplier under section 30 of the Act during the financial year, a summary of that undertaking; and
a summary of the findings of the most recent risk management plan audit of the water supplier's risk management plan and any issues that the approved auditor raised during the risk management plan audit; and
if the water supplier applied a drinking water treatment process to water supplied by the water supplier during the financial year—
a summary of how the water was disinfected or treated; and
a summary of any other processes applied to the water; and
a summary of any issues that arose as a consequence of applying those processes; and
a list of all chemicals and other substances used to disinfect or treat the water; and
in relation to the water supplied by the water supplier during the financial year, details of the water's compliance with the drinking water quality standards; and
Note
The drinking water quality standards are specified in regulation 16 for the purposes of section 17(1) of the Act.
details of the water supplier's compliance with regulation 17 during the financial year; and
if water supplied by the water supplier during the financial year did not comply with a drinking water quality standard, information about actions taken by the water supplier in relation to that water; and
in relation to the analysis of water samples collected by the water supplier during the financial year—
an evaluation of analysis results and information in respect of those water samples; and
a comparison of those results and information with corresponding results and information in respect of water samples collected during the previous 2 years; and
if a variation of an aesthetic standard was approved under section 19 of the Act in respect of drinking water supplied by the water supplier during a period of the financial year, a summary of—
that variation; and
any conditions imposed under section 21 of the Act in relation to that variation; and
if an exemption from a water quality standard was approved under section 20 of the Act in respect of drinking water supplied by the water supplier during a period of the financial year, a summary of—
that variation; and
any conditions imposed under section 21 of the Act in relation to that variation; and
a summary of—
any complaints received by the water supplier during the financial year that related to the quality of drinking water supplied by the water supplier; and
the water supplier's responses to those complaints and analysis of any issues that arose from those complaints; and
a summary of steps taken by the water supplier to manage the aesthetic characteristics of the drinking water supplied by the water supplier during the financial year, including steps taken to manage the taste, odour, clarity and pH of that water; and
if the water supplier supplied regulated water during the financial year, details of—
that regulated water; and
the declaration under section 6 of the Act in respect of that regulated water; and
the steps taken in accordance with section 25 of the Act.
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