# RDE603 Impact and Future of the Private Water Supplies Regulatory Model > A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. ## Key facts - Buyer: [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards) - Supplier: [Water Research Centre Limited](/suppliers/water-research-centre/public-sector-contract-awards) - Award value: £8,226 - Tender value: £8,226 - Award date: 16 July 2024 - Published: 16 July 2024 - Contract start: 1 July 2024 - Contract end: 31 July 2024 - Stage: awarded - Procurement category: services - Notice ID: 04d252db-45ad-4350-9e42-9bb88f9cba66-767764 - OCID: ocds-b5fd17-66178090-299d-4874-8703-97a8f39c2473 ## Description The current regulatory model and legislative framework were introduced in a major overhaul of the legislation in 2010, in response to infraction proceedings by the European Commission\. The regulatory model in Wales and England is the same, however there are subtle difference in legislation, which were introduced by subsequent revisions and amendments\. These regulations replaced the 1991 regulations\. Ten years on, it is not obvious what impact there has been on the quality and sufficiency of these private water supplies\. As the legislation is no longer tied to Council Directive 98/83/EC, this driver for review and enhancement is gone\. The risks of not understanding what impact has been made during the ten years, are that possible weaknesses will not be addressed and opportunities for improvement will be missed\. This information can be used to inform any potential future policy direction in this area to protect those relying on a private water supply from associated health risks\. The Drinking Water Inspectorate \(the Inspectorate\) collates water sampling results for private water supplies from local authorities, together with summary information on supply risk assessments and copies of notices served to secure wholesome and/or sufficient supplies, where they have been provided\. The data returns from local authorities also constitute a national register of the private water supplies in England and Wales, including details of their supply type, location and use\. Research aims The aims of the initial project were to understand for Wales and England separately; 1\. What impact the legislative framework for private water supplies has had on the protection of the health of consumers through securing safe and sufficient supplies, and 2\. How the regulatory model and legislative framework could be improved\. ## Related contract awards - [Generating and testing novel behavioural insights to improve effectiveness of pr](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ece91759-962e-47f4-842f-2a2f664295d1) — Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - [DEFRA Digital Consultation System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2157e3a8-70e7-4cfb-8db7-784db9e68dd4) — Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - [Discovery and readiness support services for the Synergy Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cf849839-28db-4da2-a022-84a45be55d0c) — Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - [Independent Water Commission \(IWC\) Transition and Migration Services Discovery](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-40b6e606-e9b4-4a66-ac86-283a87818b6a) — Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - [RDE1024 - MWELS Savings - Forecasting Water Efficiency Savings for Water Resoure](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-37e3b496-04b6-4114-8ef4-9206361d8c84) — Environment Agency - [RDE972 - Establishing the limitations of design: Water efficiency](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9c2aef76-d63e-4d34-a499-cb3d5ef434d0) — Environment Agency - [RDE787 - A review of microbial indicators of faecal contamination](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-905f3d8b-3d6d-4c2a-9b8a-60bb7ad5ccaf) — Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - [PROC 016-2025 - Corporate Engineering Consultants for CMA PR24 Water Redetermination References](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7223ed2d-541c-4d4d-933e-c11d318005a3) — COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY - [Impact Evaluation of Consumer Regulation Reforms](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f6d71bd4-9676-48dc-8dab-9fb662b42a3c) — Regulator of Social Housing - [T520: Fundamentals of Groundwater Modelling](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9535604d-cb7b-43f0-887f-5d917398c266) — Defra Commercial - [T519: LNAPL Site Conceptualisation and Management](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0ba677bf-d16a-4ba7-90b7-235b3aff32b8) — Defra Commercial - [DHSC Data Transformation Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-87a962e5-5689-4c89-aafd-6ad14acabc9f) — Department of Health and Social Care \(DHSC\) ## Source [View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04d252db-45ad-4350-9e42-9bb88f9cba66-767764)