Common use of Water Quality Clause in Contracts

Water Quality. 8.1. The Supply shall comply with the quality standards imposed by the Act and the Water Quality Regulations, PROVIDED ALWAYS that where a particular standard is the subject of a legal instrument accepted or issued by the Secretary of State or the Chief Inspector of Drinking Water under the provisions of the Act or the Water Quality Regulations, compliance with the terms of the relevant legal instrument shall be deemed to be compliance with the relevant quality standard imposed by the Act or the Water Quality Regulations (as the case may be), in which case the Water Company shall provide the New Appointee with a certified copy of any such authorised departure or undertaking. Each party undertakes to keep the other party fully informed of any discussions which take place at any time hereafter with the Secretary of State for the proposed issue of a legal instrument and of the outcome thereof. 8.2. The Water Company shall act as a reasonable and prudent operator to ensure that the Water Company’s Distribution Network does not cause any contamination of the water in the New Appointee’s Water Distribution Network including suspending the Bulk Supply and, in any event, shall: 8.2.1. notify the New Appointee of the existence and cause (if known) of any contamination that it considers (acting as a reasonable and prudent operator) could affect the New Appointee’s Water Distribution Network as soon as practicable after the same have come to the Water Company’s attention; and 8.2.2. keep the New Appointee notified of the steps being taken to remedy the contamination. 8.3. Without prejudice to clause 8.1, the Water Company reserves the right to supply water of a different nature and composition or with different characteristics from that previously supplied where this results from the characteristics of the source or sources from which the Supply is taken, or the Water Company’s Distribution Network, beyond the reasonable control of the Water Company or if, in the due discharge of its statutory duty to supply water, it considers it necessary or desirable to do so acting reasonably and in good faith. 8.4. In addition, both parties agree to be bound by the provisions of the Water Quality Protocol or such modified version of such Water Quality Protocol as may from time to time be agreed in writing by the parties.

Water Quality. 8.16.1. The Bulk Supply shall comply with the quality standards imposed by the Act and the Water Quality RegulationsRegulations (as per definition), PROVIDED ALWAYS that where a particular standard is the subject of a legal instrument accepted or issued by the Secretary of State or the Chief Inspector of Drinking Water under the provisions of the Act or the Water Quality Regulations, compliance with the terms of the relevant legal instrument shall be deemed to be compliance with the relevant quality standard imposed by the Act or the Water Quality Regulations (as the case may be), in which case the Water Company AWS shall provide the New Appointee XXXXX with a certified copy of any such authorised departure or undertaking. Each party Party undertakes to keep the other party Party fully informed of any discussions which take place at any time hereafter with the Secretary of State for the proposed issue of a legal instrument and of the outcome thereof. 8.26.2. The Water Company AWS shall act as a reasonable Reasonable and prudent operator Prudent Operator to ensure that the Water CompanyAWS’s Distribution Network does not cause any contamination of the water in the New AppointeeXXXXX’s Water Distribution Network including including, if authorised by the Receiving Undertaker, suspending the Bulk Supply and, in any event, shall: 8.2.16.2.1. notify the New Appointee XXXXX of the existence and cause (if known) of any contamination that it considers (acting as a reasonable Reasonable and prudent operatorPrudent Operator) could affect the New AppointeeXXXXX’s Water Distribution Network as soon as practicable after the same have come to the Water CompanyAWS’s attention; and 8.2.26.2.2. keep the New Appointee XXXXX notified of the steps being taken to remedy the contamination. 8.36.3. Without prejudice to clause 8.16.1, the Water Company AWS reserves the right to supply water of a different nature and composition or with different characteristics from that previously supplied where this results from the characteristics of the source or sources from which the Supply is taken, or the Water CompanyAWS’s Distribution Network, beyond the reasonable control of the Water Company AWS or if, in the due discharge of its statutory duty to supply water, it considers it necessary or desirable to do so acting reasonably and in good faith. 8.46.4. In addition, both parties agree to be bound by the provisions of the Water Quality Protocol (as set out in Appendix 5) or such modified version of such Water Quality Protocol as may from time to time be agreed in writing by the parties.