My water supply

We’re committed to delivering high-quality drinking water to our customers. Each year we carry out thousands of tests on samples we have taken from treatment works, reservoirs and homes across the region. 

The samples we take are analysed in a UKAS accredited laboratory to ensure they comply with drinking water safety standards.

Schedule 1 Parameters
  Units PCV Number of Samples Number of Samples contravening PCV % No. of samples contravening PCV Min Mean Max
Colour mg/l Pt/Co 20 55 0 0 <1.00 1.53 3
Turbidity FTU 4 55 0 0 <0.10 0.13 0.26
Odour Dil Number 0 55 0 0 0 0 0
Taste Dil Number 0 55 0 0 0 0 0
Sodium mg/l 200 10 0 0 26.1 32.4 42.3
Nitrate (as NO3) mg/l 50 10 0 0 13.6 19.06 23.8
Nitrite (as NO2) mg/l 0.1 10 0 0 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
Nitrate/Nitrite Ratio mg/l 1 10 0 0 0.27 0.38 0.48
Aluminium ug/l 200 55 0 0 <6.00 17.83 55.20
Iron ug/l 200 55 0 0 <4.00 4.45 24.70
Manganese ug/l 50 55 0 0 1.00 2.37 7.1
Copper mg/l 2 10 0 0 <0.004 0.02 0.08
Fluoride mg/l 1.5 10 0 0 0.78 0.98 1.06
Arsenic ug/l 10 10 0 0 1 1 1
Cadmium ug/l 5 10 0 0 0.12 0.12 0.12
Chromium ug/l 50 10 0 0 <0.50 0.66 2.1
Nickel ug/l 20 10 0 0 <0.60 1.29 5
Lead ug/l 10 10 0 0 <0.50 1.71 8.2
Antimony ug/l 5 10 0 0 <0.20 <0.20 <0.20
Selenium ug/l 10 10 0 0 <0.80 <0.80 <0.80
PAH ug/l 0.1 10 0 0 0 0 0
Escherichia coli No./100ml 0 155 0 0 0 0 0
Intestinal Enterococci cfu/100ml 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Boron mg/l 1 10 0 0 <0.04 0.04 0.05
Benzo(a)pyrene ug/l 0.01 10 0 0 <0.003 <0.003 <0.003
Trihalomethanes (total) ug/l 100 9 0 0 39.60 53.69 75.80
Bromate ug/l 10 10 0 0 <0.80 1.79 4.20



Indicator parameters
  Units PCV Number of samples Number of Samples contravening PCV % No. of samples contravening PCV Minimum Mean Maximum
pH   - 55 0 0 7.2 7.42 7.7
Sulphate (as SO4) mg/l 250 10 0 0 25.2 35.49 47.5
Ammonium (as NH4) mg/l 0.5 55 0 0 <0.03 <0.03 <0.03
Total coliforms No./100ml 0 155 0 0 0 0 0
3 day count,22 deg C cfu/ml 100 55 0 0 0 0.25 4
Free chlorine mg/l - 155 0 0 0.03 0.51 0.90
Total chlorine mg/l - 155 0 0 0.11 0.65 0.98
Conductivity uS/cm 2500 55 0 0 300 443.76 626
Chloride mg/l 250 10 0 0 45 55.5 71

*All of the samples collected from this zone in 2020 complied with the Water Supply (Water Quality) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.Supplies to this zone are fluoridated up to a level of 1mg/l.

Water hardness
Average of Ca Average of Mg mg/l or ppm CaCO3 Degrees Clark (*0.07) Degrees French (*0.10) Degrees German (*0.056)
38.28 6.88 123.9 8.7 12.4 6.9

 

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