Private water supplies

• About private water supplies

• A private water supply is one where the water comes from a well, spring, or borehole and not provided by a water company.

• Register a private water supply

• Private water supplies regulations state you must register private water supply with us. So we can carry out sampling and risk assessment on water quality.

• Private water supply risk assessments

• If you have a private water supply to ensure it is safe the law says that we must carry out routine sampling and a risk assessment survey.

• Rented properties on a private water supply

• Rented properties on a private water supply must be sampled annually and the supply risk assessed every 5 years.