These guidelines are an integral part of the Department’s regulatory program directed at ensuring public health and environmental protection.

This document supersedes April 1980 version of the “Guidelines for the Design, Construction and Operation of Water and Sewerage Systems”. During the preparation of the current document, the main objectives were: (i) to keep pace with the new development in water and sewer industry and provide appropriate guidance and (ii) to ensure the consistency between the content of guidelines document and the master specifications document. The document provides general guidance on good engineering practices for design, construction, operation and maintenance aspects of water and sewerage systems.

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• Complete report (525 pages) (2.5 MB)
• By Section
  • Cover (103 KB)
  • Table of Contents (615 KB)
  • 1.0 Approval by Regulatory Authority (97 KB)
  • 2.0 Project Reports (114 KB)
  • 3.0 Water Works (1.3 MB)
  • 4.0 Disinfection of Drinking Water (608 KB)
  • 5.0 Sewerage Works (1.3 MB)
  • 6.0 Instrumentation and Controls (416 KB)
  • 7.0 Operator Training (111 KB)
  • 8.0 Occupational Health and Safety (80 KB)
  • Appendices (153 KB)

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