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06 Nov 2019

Ofwat approve water industry plans to adopt new Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)

Water companies have seen their proposals for new sector guidance on sewerage asset adoption given the go-ahead from the water industry regulator. The sector was challenged by Ofwat in 2017, through its Code for Adoption Agreements, to devise new standards for the construction by developers of new sewerage assets that are to be transferred to the […]

10 Jul 2018

Sewers for Adoption (8th Edition) New Guidance gives water companies greater freedom to adopt SuDS

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New guidance gives water companies greater freedom to adopt Sustainable Drainage Systems Water UK has published a pre-implementation version of the 8th edition of ‘Sewers for Adoption’ with the expectation that the document will come into effect in mid 2019 as part of the implementation of the Ofwat Code on Adoption Agreements. The SfA8 manual sets […]