In October 2011, over 37,000 km of private sewers transferred into the ownership of Severn Trent Water. Unfortunately, they were unable to plot the majority of transferred sewers onto their plans at that time, as no reliable records for most of these sewers existed. Continue reading “When will sewers which transferred over to Severn Trent Water’s responsibility in 2011 be plotted on sewer plans?”
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The CON29DW questions explained – surface water connections
Our regular series examining the CON29DW looks at questions 2.2 and 2.3 – the surface water connection.
In last month’s article we looked at question 2.1 of the CON29DW, which deals with foul water drainage. This month we look at surface water, which is covered in 2.2 and 2.3.
As we mentioned last month, surface water is primarily rainwater which falls on the property and has to be removed. Unlike foul water, this doesn’t require treatment and is therefore usually directed into nearby watercourses.
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The CON29DW questions explained – foul water connections
Our regular series looking at the questions in the CON29DW looks at question 2.1 – the foul water connection.
Last month we talked about questions 1.1 and 1.2 of the CON29DW. This month we move onto section 2, which deals with drainage.
Water companies classify water draining from properties in two different ways. There’s surface water, which applies to water – primarily rainwater – from the exterior of the building, and foul water, which is anything that comes from inside the property, such as sinks, toilets, baths, washing machines and dishwashers.
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