Singapore legislation
Regulation 11
of Food Safety and Security (Non-Packaged Drinking Water) Regulations 2025
Regulation 11
Monitoring program
Subregulation 1
The monitoring program mentioned in regulation 10(1)(l)(i) must contain all the following details about the sampling and testing of the drinking water supplied or to be supplied in the course of a WQMP water provider’s drinking water service:
the locations at which samples of the drinking water will be collected;
the frequency at which those samples will be collected;
how the locations for collection of those samples have been selected, including describing how the following matters were considered when determining the locations for collection of samples and the frequency of collection of those samples:
the need to select the locations from which samples will be taken with a view to ensuring that the samples collected in accordance with the monitoring program are representative of the drinking water supplied;
the need to have a sufficient number of samples of drinking water collected to ensure that those samples are, so far as practicable, representative of the drinking water supplied;
the sampling protocol;
the parameters for which those samples will be tested and the frequency at which tests will be conducted for each parameter, including —
how the selection of the parameters and the frequency of testing for each parameter will assist the water supplier to monitor its compliance with the drinking water quality standards; and
how the chemicals and other substances used to disinfect or treat the drinking water being supplied have been considered when selecting the parameters and the frequency for testing the parameters;
the test methods to be used;
the measures taken to prevent the contamination or adulteration of samples obtained under the monitoring program;
the frequency at which the results of tests conducted are to be submitted to the Agency.
Subregulation 2
The monitoring program mentioned in regulation 10(1)(l)(i) must also provide for every sample of drinking water obtained under the monitoring program to be tested in —
a testing laboratory accredited by the Singapore Accreditation Council to conduct the required test; or
any other place allowed in writing by the Agency in any particular case, after taking into account whether the time taken to carry out the test in a testing laboratory in sub‑paragraph (a) may cause the test results to be unreliable, and only if the Agency is satisfied that the kit or equipment used to test the samples —
is able to perform the required analysis;
is calibrated and accurate; and
is maintained in good working condition.