Sewer pumping systems
A sewer pumping system connection or disconnection application may be submitted by the property owner, or a person that has authority to act on behalf of the property owner (e.g. plumber, builder, managing agent).
Some properties within our area of operations are serviced by a sewer connection which requires sewerage pumping. Examples of these systems include:
What you need to know
If the property owner, builder or managing agent is to make the application to connect, it is your responsibility to ensure all applications have been submitted and inspections booked prior to any physical water connection works.
Resources
Connecting to a sewerage pumping system
Follow our three step process to connect a sewerage pumping system:
Disconnecting from a sewerage pumping system
Where a property’s sewer service has become redundant, or is not to be redeveloped and becomes disused, it can be disconnected from our sewer system. Disused sewer services are to be sealed off at the point of connection using approved materials in the accordance with AS/NZS3500.2 Plumbing and Drainage and our requirements.
Follow our three step process to disconnect a sewerage pumping system:
Sewer soffit requirements
The soffit is the highest point of the internal surface of a pipe. There are minimum measurements between the soffit of the sewer main and the spill level of the overflow relief gully (ORG).