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Private & Rural Water Supplies Specialist
Specialist surveys and advice for rural water supply users
About Us
WaterSense provide home buyer reports, water sampling, water safety plans and general consultancy on private drinking water supplies.
We have over 15 years of experience in all aspects of private water supplies with numerous private clients across the UK from private individuals, estate owners, land managers, business owners and government organisations.
Services
Home Buyer Reports
Water Sampling
Consultancy
Water Safety Plans
Home Buyer Reports
Buying a house on a private water supply? Be careful, you could stand to lose a lot of money!
Aging water supply infrastructure. Springs drying up. A landowner who threatens to cut-off your water. A farmer who spreads slurry or pesticides around your spring. Complex water treatment equipment that is expensive to maintain. Water supply regulations that have your head in a spin. Dead animals floating in water tanks.
An unwholesome supply of water to a property may deem it to be uninhabitable under the Housing Act.
WaterSense undertake a full survey of the water supply to your dream home and advise you if it is safe to use. A water sample will be taken and the results interpreted for you. Advice on how to upgrade the supply and the likely costs involved provided. Guidance on how the regulations may affect you and your obligations under them.
Protect yourself from headache and significant potential costs and have the water supply surveyed by WaterSense prior to purchase.
Consultancy
Unfortunately private water supplies can often be complex: multiple interested parties; difficult to treat contamination, compliance with the governing regulations, insufficiency and drought can all make your water supply management problematic.
Talk to us today to see how we can share the load.
Expertise
Case Studies & Clients
Private Property Purchase
WaterSense were instructed by a prospective home buyer in North Yorkshire . The buyer was interested to know if the current water supply arrangements were adequate in terms of yield and quality.
WaterSense undertook a full-suite sample analysis of the spring-derived supply and made a full assessment of the supply infrastructure. Whilst the yield was deemed sufficient, the infrastructure of the water supply was very old and unsatisfactory. Levels of colour, iron (oxidised) and lead in the water were deemed financially unviable to resolve. Suggestions to upgrade the system were provided with an emphasis on replacing the source altogether.
The buyer negotiated a significant discount on the property price and installed a borehole to replace the aging spring supply.
Contractual Work
Our experience is built upon years of working with Local Authorities, in that time we have encountered e very conceivable type of supply, providing water to churches, climbing huts, factories, distilleries, pubs, hotels and villages with over 100 properties.
The in-depth knowledge that WaterSense has regarding complex treatment system and design stand us apart from others.
We have a strong working experience of ion-exchange, iron oxidisers, manganese greensand filters, pH correction, UV disinfection amongst others and we know exactly when these have been installed correctly and the health implications when they have not.
Consultancy & Training
WaterSense have adapted to many different client requirements including consultancy on the latest James Bond and Star Wars productions, project management of major water supply improvements, development of Water Safety Plan templates, delivering training courses and assisting with water provision for distilleries.
Got a water project in mind? Give us a call!
Testimonials
Torquil Gordon-Duff
Estate Owner, Drummuir Estates, Moray
Barney Strange
Home Buyer, Dentdale, Cumbria
James McLennan
Principle EHO, Moray Council, Elgin
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Regulations and Standards
WaterSense complies with, and is conversant in, the following Regulations and Standards:
UNITED KINGDOM
Regulations as set by UK Government and regulated by Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) (England) and Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWQR) (Scotland):
- The Water Intended for Human Consumption (Private Supplies) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
- The Private and Public Water Supplies (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015
- The Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006
- The Private Water Supplies (Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2006
- Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 - relevant sections
- The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 - relevant sections
- Water (Scotland) Act 1980 - relevant sections
- Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 - relevant sections
- The Private Water Supplies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
- The Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016
- The Water Industry Act 1991 - relevant sections
- Water Act 2003 - relevant sections
- WRAS (Water Regulatory Advisory Service)
- European Drinking Water Directive 98/83/EC
- EN 15975-2:2013 Part 2 - European Risk Assessment standards: Security of drinking water supply – Guidelines for risk and crisis management
INTERNATIONAL
- WHO World Health Organisation - Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality
