Sewer Connnnections

Inten 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.

New sewer connections

Inten can provide new sewer connections, which typically involves the following work:

• Laying a service pipe or drain and making the connection to the water main or sewer (service connections).
• Laying a new water main or sewer if there is none nearby (requisitions and self-lay).
• Upgrading the local distribution network or sewerage network including local service reservoirs or local pumping stations.
• Developing resources, if water resources are already fully committed (including bulk mains and treatment plants) or increasing the capacity of the sewage treatment works.

Recovering the costs of new sewer connections

The WIA91 allows companies to recover the costs associated with the first three tasks 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 worksassociated with developing resources 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.

Contact Inten for further information on new sewage connections. Charges vary depending on whether the supply is for domestic purposes or non-domestic purposes