Guidance notes


Here’s a handy summary of all our guidance notes so you can quickly access the ones you need.

Pre-planning

For anyone thinking about building
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393.1kB, PDF

Building over or near to sewers

For anyone extending their home or building near to a sewer
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1.6MB, PDF

Fire sprinklers

For anyone building a new home or flats in Wales
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396.2kB, PDF

New water connections

For anyone who needs a new water connection to a property
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340.5kB, PDF

New sewer connections

For anyone who needs a new sewer connection to a property
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77.1kB, PDF

Water main self-lay

For developers who wish to construct their water mains themselves (or use another organisation to do this), these guidance notes will help developers apply for self-lay services
Note: you should also read our self-lay design guide
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163.1kB, PDF

New water main requisition

For anyone who is building new houses that can’t easily connect to an existing water main
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1.1MB, PDF

New sewerage requisition

For anyone who is building new houses that can’t easily connect to an existing public sewer
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132.4kB, PDF

Water main diversion or alteration

For anyone who wants to remove or alter water mains on their land
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103kB, PDF

Sewerage diversion or alteration

For anyone who wants to remove or alter sewerage on their land
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2MB, PDF

Sewerage adoption - single property

For anyone who wants to connect to a sewer outside the boundary of their property
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719.5kB, PDF

Sewerage adoption - multiple properties

For anyone who wants to connect to a sewer outside the boundary of their property
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220.1kB, PDF

Surface water incentive scheme

For anyone building a new site who has plans to remove surface water from the wastewater network, you may be eligible for our incentive scheme
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6MB, PDF

Site managers guide to new connections

For any site managers who are working with us on new connections
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6MB, PDF

Sustainable drainage on new developments in Wales

How you can manage surface water
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197kB, PDF