- mains water is supplied to a primary residence and then distributed via a private network of distribution pipes to one or more privately owned, secondary premises
Examples of Private Distribution Networks may include:
- caravan and camping sites
- military establishments
- schools, colleges and university campuses
- hospital sites
- Shopping centres
- private or publicly owned estates where water is distributed to other buildings
If you would like further information on identifying Private Distribution Systems, or if you think you may be responsible for a PDN or served by one, please contact us.
Impact of owning a Private Distribution Network
As you distribute water around your site or premises to clients/third parties, it is your responsibility to ensure the continued quality of safe drinking water from the boundary of the site to the end consumer.
Requirements
The water distributed through a PDN is required to meet the standards set by the Private Water Supplies Regulations. If standards are not met, we must investigate and ensure appropriate action is taken. Where there is a potential danger to human health, we will take formal action to prohibit or restrict the use of the supply and to ensure improvements are made.
Private monitoring of supply
If you already monitor the water or have had a risk assessment undertaken on the PDN by a suitably qualified person, please contact us. The local authority is responsible for ensuring sampling is completed according to legislation, therefore if you would like another company to take and analyse samples of your private water supply, we will need to approve the sampling company and the parameters to be analysed, prior to samples being taken. The analysis must comply with the new legislation, and the result certificates sent directly from the laboratory to the council.