Shared drainage responsibility

Helping to explain responsibility for sewers and drains. This page explains who is responsible for maintaining drains and sewers. Shared pipes serving more than one property (sewer) are.

Usually, responsibility for different types of water pipes is as shown in the table and. Responsibility for sewers and drains is shared between property owners, . The council are responsible for the drain and will often put out . And once things have been sorted .

These pipes are the responsibility of Anglian Water. You are responsible for the length of the drain that takes sewage within and away. Pipes that drain your own home, but lie outside your boundary and pipes serving both you and your neighbours are likely to be the responsibility of Welsh Water. In order to establish who is responsible when the pipework becomes blocked or. Shared Private Drain, A drainage pipe serving multiple properties at one . Shared supply pipe responsibility and costs for maintenance or repair may be.

Severn Trent Water takes care of sewerage and drainage pipes, while South . This includes water pipes inside your home and drainage and supply pipes outside. The government transferred ownership of private sewers and lateral drains from.

In the Northumbrian Water area, the change saw us take responsibility for . Sewers are normally larger diameter and found under . Prior to this date, many property owners will have had responsibility or shared responsibility for sewers and drains both inside and outside their boundaries up to . The responsibility for maintaining underground drains and sewers which are shared by two or more properties lies with the local water authority. Therefore, any drainage within the boundary of the property may fall . Private drains are the responsibility of the property owner(s) who gain. Water sewerage companies in England and Wales now take responsibility for the maintenance and repair of shared sewer pipes.

United Utilities will be responsible for any shared drainage whether it falls within your boundary or not. If you are experiencing problems with . A leaking drain can be an unpleasant annoyance and should be looked into as soon as possible. Please be aware that you are responsible for the drains, water . The object of the transfer is to ensure that no-one is responsible for drains or sewers which are shared or go beyond their property boundary.

From that date the water authorities took over responsibility for the majority of the shared drains and sewers with the exception of pumping stations, septic tanks . Wessex Water owns and maintains all shared sewers and all drains beyond the. Ditches on private land are the responsibility of the landowner but we will .