Major changes of legislation coming into effect on 1 October 2011 will automatically transfer responsibility for most existing private sewers and lateral drains that connect with the public sewer system to the water companies. There will be many developments under way or in planning that will not be started until much later in 2011 (so will not automatically transfer in October). The difficulty is how to assess the impact of these changes on the planning, design and construction of sewers where there is every likelihood that these will be adopted by, or transferred to, the various water companies.
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