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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Provision of water services: operational matters - Water services networks: connections - Bylaws

149: Application of water services bylaws for connections

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"Connecting to the water network: following the rules to get approval"

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If you want to connect to a water services network in your area, you must follow a 3-step approval process. This process is set out in a water services bylaw made under section 258. You will need to go through this process if you want to make a new connection to the network or make changes to a building that will affect how water flows through an existing connection.

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Water services networks: connections: Bylaws

149Application of water services bylaws for connections

  1. The 3-step approval process set out in a water services bylaw made under section 258 for the purpose of approving connections applies to a person who wishes to—

  2. make a connection to a water services network that is in the territorial authority’s district; or
    1. make structural changes to premises that would affect the flow rate through an existing connection to a water services network (for example, when a house is replaced with an apartment block).