What is the Drinking Water Inspectorate?
The Drinking Water Inspectorate is a unit within the Northern Ireland Environment Agency(NIEA) responsible for regulating the drinking water quality in Northern Ireland under the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and the Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994.
What is the role of the Drinking Water Inspectorate?
The Drinking Water Inspectorate:
- Regulates drinking water quality in Northern Ireland for public and private supplies
- Assesses drinking water quality against regulatory standards
- Carries out detailed inspections of water sampling and assesses water treatment, distribution policies and practice
- Publishes an annual report containing an overview of drinking water quality in Northern Ireland.
- Develops policy and regulation on drinking water issues, in association with other UK Drinking Water Regulators. The UK Drinking Water Regulators work to an agreed Framework which is contained within a Memorandum of Understanding(.PDF 158Kb)
- Deals with incidents which affect or could affect drinking water quality.
The Drinking Water Quality Report for 2008 (.PDF 3.8Mb) and previous drinking water quality reports are now available to download
