S.L. 449.57 Art. 12Information and reporting.

(1) Water suppliers shall quarterly publish up to date information on the quality of water for human consumption on a publicly available internet web page set up for this purpose and, where so practicable, they shall also make such information available to consumers through any other suitable electronic media.

(2) Without prejudice to the Freedom of Access to Information on the Environment Regulations, the competent authority shall publish a report every three years on the quality of water intended for human consumption with the objective of informing consumers. The first report shall cover the years 2002, 2003 and 2004. Each report shall include, as a minimum, all individual supplies of water exceeding 1 000 m³ a day as an average or serving more than five thousand persons and it shall cover three calendar years and be published within one calendar year of the end of the reporting period.

(3) The competent authority shall send its reports to the European Commission within two months of their publication.

(4) The formats and the minimum information for the reports provided for in sub-regulation (2) shall be determined having special regard to the measures referred to in these regulations and shall, if necessary, be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 of the Directive.

(5) Together with the first report the competent authority shall also produce a report to be forwarded to the European Commission on the measures it has taken or plans to take to fulfill its obligations pursuant to regulation 7(3) and Schedule I, Part B, note 10. Schedule I Amended L.N. (Regulation 5)

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