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  • Important legal changes to the ownership of your sewers

    Has anyone else received a booklet about this?

    In simple terms, the utility company are taking on responsibility for the section of the sewer from your boundary to the main sewer. (Shared services are a little more complicated).

    Of course, because of the extra responsibility, this may require an extra charge on the bill, estimated at between £3 & £14 per year. (This small section of the sewer, as you are well aware, requires a lot of inspection & maintenance*).

    This is in no way at all a money-spinner*.

    As the booklet says, this will affect half of the properties in England & Wales.
    It is, as you can guess, a load of sh1t!

    You can see an example here http://www.thameswater.co.uk/cps/rde...s.xsl/8654.htm

    *So young, & so cynical!!

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    Re: Important legal changes to the ownership of your sewers

    Originally posted by charitynjw View Post
    Has anyone else received a booklet about this?
    Yep. :/

    Anglian Water | Home | Household | Your wastewater services | The BIG sewer switchover

    Transfer of private drains and sewers: when, why and how it will happen : Severn Trent Water
    Last edited by Riz; 21 July 2011, 10:49.
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      Re: Important legal changes to the ownership of your sewers

      Forgot to mention, the change takes place on October 1st, 2011, & you have 2 months from service of notice to appeal to Ofwat.

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        Re: Important legal changes to the ownership of your sewers

        Btw, if anyone has looked at the video ( http://www.thameswater.co.uk/cps/rde...s.xsl/8655.htm ), rewind it & see how clean the engineers repairing that underground pipe are. Even their gloves are pristine!!
        Bet their mums use Persil!!!!
        Last edited by charitynjw; 21 July 2011, 11:54.

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        • #5
          Re: Important legal changes to the ownership of your sewers

          Originally posted by charitynjw View Post


          It is, as you can guess, a load of sh1t!

          As indeed you would expect a sewer to be!

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