Water Quality Survey

kasu_78

Hi,

i'm planning to buy a flat in wimbledon area (merton council) and initial HIP from agents revealed that area 's water has incidents of CHOLIFORM bacteria infection. Upon checking Thames Water webstie for that post code , it does say 2 such incidents found in that area....

i logged a call with thames water quality check department and should hear back from them by tuesday....

i'm just wonderign is there any way that we can get independent survey of water quality of my new flat please ? any government approved agencies ?

checked Drinking Water Inspectorate and Ofwat's website with no luck!

any pointers will be highly appreciated :T

Thanks in advance

Doomcow

sorry i cant be of much help, but try searching for:

Drinking Water Quality Regulator (DWQR), respective health boards, environmental health departments

i havent checked cos i r at work

Richard_Webster

I would suggest you read the report again carefully.

Where were the samples taken? In my area Southern Water say in their reports that samples are taken at properties in an area. For e-coli they comment that the bacteria often comes off taps! If Thames Water is the same, the report only means that at 2 properties coliforms were found, not necessarily that the water supply for the whole area was contaminated on 2 occasions.

scrummy_mummy_2

Found this interesting.
www.dwi.gov.uk/pubs/annrep06/Drinking%20water%202006%20-%20Drinking%20water%20in%20England%20and%20Wales.pdf -

poppysarah

It's not a tank fed cold water is it? You want mains fed for preference.

I should imagine if there's anything in the water then they will sort it out -and you can ask them to take samples when you move in if you're worried.
If it was serious everyone would be ill.

kasu_78

you guys are just amazing.....thanks a ton for your information....