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SEWER CONNECTION Our staff are street works accredited which enables us to work within the highways.
Water and sewerage companies in England and Wales have duties under the Water Industry Act 1991 (WIA91) to make connections to their networks. This note explains the work involved in providing a new mains water supply or connection to a public sewer and how the companies recover the costs of this work. Charges vary depending on whether the supply is for domestic purposes or non-domestic purposes.
What work does a new connection involve?
Providing new connections can involve the following activities. 
1. Laying a service pipe or drain and making the connection to the water main or sewer (service connections). 2. Laying a new water main or sewer if there is none nearby (requisitions and self-lay). 3. Upgrading the local distribution network or sewerage network including local service reservoirs or local pumping stations. 4. Developing resources, if water resources are already fully committed (including bulk mains and treatment plants) or increasing the capacity of the sewage treatment works.  The WIA91 allows companies to recover the costs associated with i), ii) and iii) above from customers asking for the new connection. These are the same for domestic and non-domestic supply connections, unless otherwise stated. The costs of works under iv) are included in the companies' price limits. Price limits are the amount by which companies can increase charges over and above inflation each year to finance their services and meet their legal obligations. We set a price limit for each company for each year.
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