I've already done some googling on this but the answers I'm getting are making me more confused. I even tried reading some official documents from
Drinking Water Inspectorate (which I'd never heard of before) but I soon gave that up so I thought I'd ask here as well.
The property we're in the process of buying gets all water from a bore hole and I obviously want to get both the water quality and the related equipment (pump, filters, pipework etc) tested/checked before buying. That seemed such a simple task but apparently not...
I had expected to find a range of companies offering these types of services but I can't seem to find anything much other than Northumberland County Council who seem to offer water quality testing - perhaps this is officially regulated in some way despite being a private supply?
Can anyone explain why there aren't companies out there offering this kind of service? I would have thought that equipment servicing and water quality testing would be something that is done on a regular basis in this situation but then I'm new at all this!
Any advice that can be offered would be most appreciated