Can surface water go into sewer?
Surface water must not be discharged into a foul drain or sewer.
What is a surface water drainage connection?
If you have a drain that connects to our sewer which receives rainwater from any part of your property or land, your property is connected for surface water drainage.
Can I connect rainwater to sewer?
Gutters and gullies should only collect rainwater and connect to the rainwater drain. Wastewater pipes should not be connected to the rainwater system. If the rainwater gutters and gullies are connected to the wastewater drain, rainwater could overwhelm the drain and cause flooding.
What is an indirect sewer connection?
An indirect connection is a connection to a private drain that then goes into a public sewer. A private drain is an existing pipe that only serves 1 property and is within the property boundary.
Who is responsible for surface water drains?
Generally speaking, you’re usually responsible for drains inside the boundaries of your property, while the sewerage company is responsible for lateral drains, which are usually outside of property boundaries, and sewers. Although most sewers are now publicly owned, there are still some private or unadopted sewers.
How do I know if my house is connected to surface water drainage?
The best way to find out if your house has surface water drainage is to check the Title Deeds of your property or to check your property’s original Planning Application. All of this information will be held by your local authority, so you should contact them if you don’t have a copy of your own.
How do I find out if my surface water drains into the sewer?
How Do I Know Where My Surface Water Drains To? If your property is connected to a nearby sewage system, which most properties are, you can inspect surface water drainage during rainfall or by running a water hose on your property and watching where the surface water drains to.
What is the difference between direct and indirect plumbing?
The difference between direct and indirect plumbing systems concerns how cold water is distributed throughout the home. In an indirect system, the cold taps are supplied by the cold water storage cistern in the loft. In a direct system, they’re supplied by the mains.
Are all drains in a house connected?
Your sinks, toilets, showers, and washing machine each have their own branch line drains. These branch lines connect to your main house drain at some point. If your main house drain becomes clogged, all of the other drains in the house can back up.
Do you need a sewer connection for surface water?
With surface water you should follow the hierarchy in H3 of the Building Regulations to look at the possibility of draining this on site, and when this is not possible a connection to our surface water or combined sewers may be allowed. For all connections into our sewer network you will need to submit a sewer connection application.
Can a sewer be connected to foul water?
Foul water can only be connected to our existing foul or combined sewers. With surface water you should follow the hierarchy in H3 of the Building Regulations to look at the possibility of draining this on site, and when this is not possible a connection to our surface water or combined sewers may be allowed.
What are the different types of sewer connections?
As well as having two separate types of sewers (foul water and surface water), there are two different types of sewer connections. The first is a direct connection, which is considered as any connection made to a public sewer.
Where does uncontaminated rainwater go if connected to a sewer?
The surface water sewer carries uncontaminated rainwater directly to a local river, stream or soak away. Only rainwater run off should be connected to a surface water sewer.