Water tests for PFAS via States Official AnalystWater tests for PFAS via States Official Analyst
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Strategic Policy, Performance and Population and published on
03 June 2025.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request 716218720
Can you tell me how many people have had their water tested via the States Official Analyst in each of the last five years?
In how many cases were these tests for PFAS?
What has been the testing costs for chemical analysis, microbiological analysis, and 'both the above analyses' - as per States website - in each of the last five years? i.e. has it increased and if so by how much?
Response
Questions 1 - 3.
Due to the way that this information is recorded, it has been concluded by the department that to collate the requested information would take in excess of the 12.5 hours prescribed in the Freedom of Information regulations, and therefore Article 16 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.
Please note, however, that tests for PFAS are not conducted presently by the States Official Analyst.
Costings without GST
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Water, chemical | £72.50 | £70.50 | £69.00 | £67.50 | £66.00 |
Water, chemical plus microbiology | £116.00 | £113.00 | £110.00 | £107.00 | £104.00 |
Water, microbiology, routine | £56.00 | £54.50 | £53.00 | £51.50 | £50.00 |
Water, microbiology, enhanced * | £86.50 | £84.00 | | | |
*repriced after 2023 to account for pricing disparity.
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Article applied
Article 16 - A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive
(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations.
(2) Despite paragraph (1), a scheduled public authority may still supply the information requested on payment to it of a fee determined by the authority in the manner prescribed by Regulations for the purposes of this Article.
(3) Regulations may provide that, in such circumstances as the Regulations prescribe, if two or more requests for information are made to a scheduled public authority –
(a) by one person; or
(b) by different persons who appear to the scheduled public authority to be acting in concert or in pursuance of a campaign, the estimated cost of complying with any of the requests is to be taken to be the estimated total cost of complying with all of them.
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