Water Supply (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

L.N. 210 of 2017

REGULATOR FOR ENERGY AND WATER SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 545)

Water Supply (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 37(1) of the

Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act, the Minister for Energy

and Water Management, and after consultation with the Regulator for

Energy and Water Services, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Water Supply Citation.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2017 and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Water Supply Regulations, hereinafter S.L. 545.03.

referred to as "the principal regulations".

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 2 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) immediately after the definition of "Corporation",

there shall be added the following new definitions

""highly polished reclaimed water" means treated

wastewater which is treated to tertiary standards using any

combination of ultra-filtration, reverse osmosis, activated

charcoal and advanced oxidation processes so as to comply

with the relevant quality standards and requirements

established by the Superintendent of Public Health and any

other competent authority established at law as may be

applicable;

"highly polished reclaimed water distribution system"

means all underground and above ground systems of mains,

pipes, reticulation, distribution and trunk mains, pipelines,

pumps, boosters, meters, valves, reservoirs, water tanks and

ancillary fittings, which are used for the transfer and

distribution of highly polished reclaimed water;

"holding unit" means the unit of contiguous

agricultural land held by the consumer supplied with highly

polished reclaimed water and which is used solely for

agricultural purposes;

"non-potable water" means water excluding water

intended for human consumption as defined under the

Water Intended for Human Consumption Regulations and S.L. 449.57.

not including highly polished reclaimed water;";

(b) immediately after the definition of "secondary

residence", there shall be added the following new definitions

""sewage" means domestic sewage and, or

wastewater or the mixture of domestic sewage and, or

wastewater with industrial sewage and, or wastewater and,

or run-off rain water;"."

Regulation 16 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following new regulation

"16. The Corporation shall charge for the supply of highly

polished reclaimed water, the charges and tariffs established in

the Fourth Schedule

Provided that, the charges and tariffs for the supply of

highly polished reclaimed water shall be in accordance with the

conditions established by the Regulator for Energy and Water

Services in the approval of such charges and tariffs

Provided further that, the Corporation shall, in its internal

accounting system, keep accounts for the production, supply and

distribution of highly polished reclaimed water, which are

separate from the accounts for the production, supply and

distribution of water and for the collection and treatment of

sewage, such as to ensure that the costs of the production, supply

and distribution of highly polished reclaimed water may be

ascertained, and that there is no cross-subsidisation between such

activities and the activities of the production, supply and

distribution of water and the collection and treatment of

sewage.".

Immediately after regulation 45 of the principal regulations

there shall be added the following new regulation

"46. (1) The Corporation shall meter the supply of

highly polished reclaimed water by meters provided by the

Corporation.

(2) Regulations 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,

31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 shall mutatis

mutandis apply with respect to the supply and metering of highly

polished reclaimed water.".

Immediately after the Third Schedule to the principal

regulations, there shall be added the following new schedule

"FOURTH SCHEDULE

[Regulation 16]

Charges and Tariffs for highly polished reclaimed water

In every period of one year, the service charge and the tariffs for

water consumption of highly polished reclaimed water shall be as

follows

(a) the service charge in respect of access to highly

polished reclaimed water distribution system shall be €25;

(b) the tariff for highly polished reclaimed water

consumption shall be as follows

(i) for any quantity not exceeding 2,500m 3

………..........................................................€0.20 per 1m 3 ;

(ii) for any quantity exceeding the said quantity of

2,500m 3 but not more than 5,000m 3 …….....€0.60 per 1m 3 ;

(iii) for any quantity exceeding the said quantity of

5,000m 3 …....................................................€0.80 per 1m 3

Provided that the tariff related to the first block of 2,500m 3 for all

consumers of highly polished reclaimed water for agricultural

purposes shall be free of charge until such time as when the Minister

responsible for the Water Services Corporation so orders that the tariff

found in sub-paragraph (i) enters into effect

Provided further that the tariff bands which shall be applicable on

a per holding basis for the highly polished reclaimed water supplied

for agricultural purposes shall be as follows

B

Volumetric

Volumetric quantity for

quantity for

which the lowest tariff

which the

Holding Size

Holding

rate shall be applicable

highest tariff

(ha)

Units

rate shall be

(m 3 )

applicable (m 3 )

2,500

5,000

0.50

0.51-1.00

5,000

10,000

1.01-1.50

7,500

15,000

1.51-2.00

10,000

20,000

2.01-2.50

12,500

25,000

2.51-3.00

15,000

30,000

3.01-3.50

17,500

35,000

3.51-4.00

20,000

40,000

4.01-4.50

22,500

45,000

4.51-5.00

25,000

50,000

5.01-5.50

27,500

55,000

5.51-6.00

30,000

60,000

For holding units in excess of 6 ha, the volumetric quantities for

which the tariff rates shall be applicable shall be calculated on a pro

rata based on the per-holding unit allocation.".

€0.36