Water Regulations Advisory Scheme
The Water Regulations Advisory Scheme (WRAS) was a company that provided a range of services around UK drinking water safety. Since 2021 the company and its services were split into two entities;[1] WaterRegsUK and Water Regulations Approval Scheme with the latter keeping the WRAS logo and an approvals process for water fittings.
Since its creation in 1999[2] the WRAS term has become a 'shorthand' within the UK as a conformance mark that demonstrates that an item complies with high standards set out by water regulations 1999 in the United Kingdom.
The WRAS approval is a way of proving that the item meets PART of the above legislation. So a plumbing fitting might be tested and approved by WRAS - but if installed and/or operated incorrectly might breach the Water Regulations 1999. Although not widely known other companies such as KIWA[3] offer a testing and approval services for a plumbing fitting.
References
- "WRAS Separates". Water Regulations Approval Scheme. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- "History of WRAS".
- "KIWA KUKReg4 Approval".
Sources
- "The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- "Water Regs UK". Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- "What does CE marking mean? What do the initials CE stand for?". Department of Business Innovation and Skills. Archived from the original on 24 June 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- "Like the CE logo, the Declaration of Conformity is one of the common threads throughout all the CE marking directives". Conformance. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- "KIWA watertec Water Fittings Approval". Retrieved 24 March 2022.