Victorian Numbered Regulations

SAFE DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS 2015 (SR NO 88 OF 2015) - REG 16

For the purposes of section 26(1) and (2) of the Act, the required contents of the annual report of a water supplier are—

        (a)     information about actions taken by the water supplier in respect of each emergency, incident or event that has arisen that has affected—

              (i)     the quality of water supplied generally; and

              (ii)     the quality of water supplied where that supply posed a risk to human health; and

        (b)     any issues that may have arisen out of the actions referred to in paragraph (a); and

        (c)     a summary of every written undertaking by the water supplier accepted by the Secretary under section 30 of the Act; and

        (d)     a summary of the findings of the most recent risk management plan audit and any issues that the approved auditor raised during the risk management plan audit; and

        (e)     if the water supplier operates or maintains a drinking water treatment process—

              (i)     a summary of the process by which the water supplied by the water supplier is disinfected or treated and any other processes applied to the water, and any issues arising out of the application of those processes; and

              (ii)     a list of all the chemicals and other substances, and any processes, used to disinfect or treat the water supplied, or to be supplied, by it for drinking purposes; and

        (f)     information evidencing compliance or non-compliance (as the case requires) with regulations 12 and 13 and Schedule 2; and

        (g)         information about actions taken by the water supplier when a drinking water quality standard set out in regulation 12 and Schedule 2 has not been met; and

        (h)     an analysis of water sample information, data and results relating to the quality of drinking water supplied and a comparison of that information and data, and those results, with water sample information, data and results from the previous 2 financial years; and

              (i)     a summary of every—

              (i)     variation in aesthetic standards approved under section 19 of the Act in respect of drinking water supplied by the water supplier and any conditions imposed under section 21 of the Act; and

              (ii)     exemption from a water quality standard approved under section 20 of the Act in respect of drinking water supplied by the water supplier and any conditions imposed under section 21 of the Act; and

        (j)     a summary of complaints received by the water supplier relating to the quality of drinking water supplied and a summary of the responses and analysis of the issues arising from the complaints; and

        (k)     a summary of steps taken by the water supplier to manage the aesthetic     characteristics of the drinking water supplied by it, including steps taken         to manage the taste, odour, clarity and pH of the drinking water supplied;         and

        (l)     details of any regulated water supplied by the water supplier and the declaration under section 6 of the Act in respect of that regulated water; and

        (m)     details of the steps taken in accordance with section 25 of the Act.