The most effective way to ensure a constant supply of drinking water in a private house is to connect to a central water supply. The task is realized only if there are documents permitting the procedure. Papers are issued by responsible city services.
Benefits and connection rules
Of the options for providing a private house with drinking water, an insert into the central network is the most effective. Benefits of the procedure:
- It is economically more profitable to connect to the city water supply network than, for example, to develop your own well.
- Connection to water supply will allow to constantly use high-quality drinking water.
- The pressure in the system will be constant and within normal limits.
The legislation provides for documents defining the rules and procedures for connecting to the city’s water supply. In accordance with them, there is a certain algorithm of actions that should be followed to implement the task.
- Submission of an application for a permit to the executive bodies, which within five working days provide the applicant with information regarding the company directly responsible for organizing water supply in a particular area.
- Vodokanal gives the customer technical specifications for insertion into the water supply system. The contract is concluded without technical conditions, but in this case the volume of water consumed must be known in advance.
- Within three working days, documents are verified and the technical feasibility of insertion is determined.
- Within 20 days, the applicant receives a contract and settlement documents on payment for the service.
Vodokanal or other responsible service does not have the right to refuse the customer, except when there is no technical ability to connect.
The necessary package of documents
In order to connect to the water supply network, in addition to the application, a certain number of documents must be provided. Reconciliation is carried out without fail and in the absence of any paper, the procedure stops.
List of required documents:
- Copy of acts confirming the ownership of the customer on the connection object.
- ID card (photocopy).
- If the legal entity will be connected, standard documentation should be provided for organizations concluding agreements with resource-supplying enterprises.
- Information needed to determine estimated water consumption.
- Copies of previously concluded contracts for connection to water mains.
- Copies of acts of companies that carried out disinfection on the territory of the customer.
- Passport on water meters to check their compliance with the standards.
- Documents for the site (photocopies of title documents).
- Papers confirming other sources of water.
It may also require expert solutions provided by public or private companies.
Project preparation
Often, representatives of the water utility are involved in the preparation and implementation of the project, as the design department as well as installation specialists work in the structure.
Documentation:
- A visual project with an explanatory note that decodes the nuances.
- A specification where the necessary components are displayed.
- Estimated documents, as well as a statement of resources.
The documents should reflect the technology of trenching.It includes the allocation of intersections with existing networks, and also provides for the protection of such nodes from damage.
The material of manufacturing the elements, the slope angles on any segment of the water supply, the diameters of the pipes, as well as the grade and type of shut-off and control valves are taken into account.
The finished project is registered at the SES. The next step is to order the drawings of the area and obtain accurate distances to buildings and other, even minor, objects.
Key clauses of the contract and necessary acts
Immediately before connecting to the network, you must sign an agreement with a water supply company. The document includes the following information:
- data on water supply according to specifications (pressure and volume);
- timing of water supply;
- qualitative indicators;
- quality control methods;
- conditions under which the water supply is temporarily stopped;
- consumption accounting rules;
- terms and conditions of payments;
- rights, obligations and responsibilities of the parties;
- rules for the provision of information by vodokanal employees and the subscriber.
If the contract is drawn up in form, proceed to insert into the water supply. Upon completion of the work, the executors provide an act that is signed by the customer. Sometimes a document is drawn up on the actions taken to isolate and protect the pipes.
After connecting the house to the network, the SES services flush the system with the subsequent signing of the act on water compliance with the norms.
Actions when tapping into the central water supply
The first stage of connecting to the water supply system is the equipment of the trench and wells. To accomplish the tasks, they receive a solution in the Department of Municipal Economy. Also in the utilities responsible for the land, issue a warrant. The work is entrusted to the company with a package of permits and facilities to perform.
Upon completion of the trenching operations, installation of the pipeline and insert into the water supply system begins directly. Only employees of the water supplying company are entitled to do this. The shutdown of the supply in the well and the connection to the pipes of the existing water supply system are carried out by water utility specialists.
The last stage is the installation of valves and water meters. After the manipulations, the contractors and the customer carry out the acceptance of work, about which an act is drawn up, which is signed by the parties.
Connection prices
The exact cost is formed on the basis of a combination of indicators. It depends on the following factors:
- Track dimensions - trunk length.
- The material from which the pipes are made (steel, PVC).
- The complexity and depth of the trenching works.
The average prices for certain services are as follows:
- Project - 5000 p.
- Design and receipt of technical specifications - from 4000 to 5000 p.
- Coordination in the authorities will cost about 12,000 p.
- Order and work of equipment - 5000 - 10000 p.
In each region, water insertion into the central water supply system is different, it all depends on the pricing policy of a particular city or region.
