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Environmental health
Drinking
water safety
The council has a role in ensuring the safety of drinking water in the district, as do the Drinking Water Inspectorate and the Environment Agency.
For more information please contact Environmental Support.
Mains water supplies
Mains water is supplied by Southern Water, who have an extensive monitoring programme of chemical and bacteriological sampling to ensure that the water reaching your tap is safe. The council does not carry out its own sampling programme.
The council receives reports from Southern Water on this monitoring programme. Southern Water also provides additional reports whenever there is an incident which might affect the quality of mains water supplies.
Private water supplies
The council has the sole responsibility for monitoring the quality of drinking water from private supplies of which there are only three in Adur, supplying 20 properties. These supplies are sampled to check for contamination by bacteria and chemicals.
