45Information sharing with local authorities

1. The Water Services Authority must provide local authorities with information on the location of drinking water abstraction points provided by drinking water suppliers.

2. Local authorities must inform the Water Services Authority of any inaccuracies they consider exist in the information on the location of drinking water abstraction points.

3. A drinking water supplier must inform the appropriate local authorities, as soon as practicable, of any known risks or hazards to a source of a drinking water supply or related infrastructure that could affect the provision of safe drinking water, including the risks or hazards identified in source water risk management plans.

4. Local authorities must inform drinking water suppliers, as soon as practicable, of any known risks or hazards that could affect a source of a drinking water supply or related infrastructure.