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The instructions you have to follow
The information you can access below outlines the critical procedures you're required to follow in your capacity as a specialist provider. It also provides essential tools to keep you and your team safe on the worksite when working with electricity.
Acquiring land and easements
If you need to acquire easements or land on Sydney Water's behalf for infrastructure purposes, our Procedure: Easement guidelines will help you work through the process. This includes when an easement or land is required, requirements and conditions and how to progress the acquisition.
Constructing new pipes
You must follow these instructions when defining, designing and constructing water and wastewater infrastructure. You must read these instructions with either the related Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) codes and Sydney Water supplements or the Sydney Water editions of the WSAA codes:
- Instructions to constructors – major works
- Instructions to constructors – minor works (wastewater)
- Instructions to designers – major works
- Instructions and technical requirements for drillers
- Instructions to field testers
- Instructions to provide a service protection report
- Instructions to under pressure cut-in connection (UPCIC) providers
- Instructions to water servicing coordinators – major works
- Instructions to water servicing coordinators – minor works (wastewater)
Please use these documents below alongside the instructions:
- Health & safety procedure: Confined space safety
- Health & safety guide: Fitness and aptitude assessment guidelines for working in confined spaces
- Pipe sizing and grading tables
- Procedure for capping, swabbing, flushing and testing new water mains
- Procedure: Safety in design
- Safety in design: frequently asked questions
- Guide: Section 73 plan requirements
- Procedure: Soil assessment for installation of ductile iron pipes without sleeving
Working safely with electricity
These documents were presented to providers at a Sydney Water Electrical Safety Awareness seminar. They help you to work safely near electricity:
- Example: Work on main to meter with electrical safety measures in place CDCM0031 SWMS21 – 2011
- Example: Work on water mains with electrical safety measures in place CDCM0037 SWMS22A – 2011
- Presentation: Electrical safety awareness seminar introduction
- Presentation by Developer Works Inspection team: Electrical safety for work on metallic water pipework
- Websites: Electrical safety for plumbers (2012)
- Example: Sydney Water electrical safety folder for supervisors