S.L. 449.63 · Water Intended For Human Consumption (S.L. 449.63)
S.L. 449.63 Art. 18Information to the public. Cap. 355.
(1) The competent authority assisted by the supporting entity as established in the First Schedule shall ensure that adequate and up-to-date information on water intended for human consumption is available in accordance with the Sixth Schedule, while complying with applicable data protection rules.
(2) All water suppliers and the corporation established by the
Water Services Corporation Act shall ensure that all persons supplied with water intended for human consumption receive the following information regularly and at least once a year, without having to request it, and in the most appropriate and easily accessible form, such as on invoices or by digital means such as smart applications:
(a) information on the quality of water intended for human consumption, including the indicator parameters;
(b) the price of water intended for human consumption supplied, per litre and cubic metre;
(c) the volume consumed by the household, at least per year or per billing period, together with yearly trends of the household consumption, if technically feasible and if this information is available to the water supplier;
(d) comparisons of the yearly water consumption of the household with an average household consumption, when applicable in accordance with paragraph (c); and
(e) a link to the website containing the information set out in the Sixth Schedule.
(3) This regulation is without prejudice to Directive 2003/4/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC and Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE).