House of Lords written question – answered at on 4 March 2010.
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
- Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions), Shadow Minister
To ask Her Majesty's Government with regard to Schedule 2 to the Private Water Supplies Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/3103), how many private sources of water supply there are of (a) more than 16,000, (b) 10,000 to 15,999, and (c) 6,000 to 9999 cubic metres a day.
Lord Davies of Oldham
Deputy Chief Whip (House of Lords), HM Household, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords) , Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (and Deputy Chief Whip)
Historical summary information provided to the Drinking Water Inspectorate by local authorities in England in relation to their duties under the Private Water Supplies Regulations 1991 was published in July 2009 in Drinking Water 2008, the inspectorate's annual report. This summary information is the best available indication at the present time of the number of private supplies that are expected to fall within the scope of the Schedule 4 records of the Private Water Supplies Regulations 2009.
| Local authority | Number of supplies supplying >1000m per day |
| Durham County Council | 1 |
| West Devon Borough Council | 2 |
| South Bucks District Council | 2 |
| Dover District Council | 4 |
| Total | 9* |
* There are 20 such supplies in Wales
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