Water

Guidance and services

• Connection to public sewerage: guidance for water companies
• Designation and de-designation of bathing waters: guidance
• Designation and de-designation of bathing waters: application form
• Developing drought plans: guidance for water companies
• Groundwater protection code: sheep dip
• Groundwater protection code: solvents
• Groundwater protection code: underground storage tanks
• Ofwat guidance (2013)
• Oil storage regulations
• Private sewer transfer regulations
• Sewers and lateral drains: mandatory adoption guidance
• Social tariff guidance for water companies
• Standards for new sewers and lateral drains
• Transfer of private sewers and lateral drains
• Water charging guidance
• Water: guidance for property owners and water companies
• Water framework directive: timetable
• Water resources management plan: guidance
• Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) approval body applications for single dwellings extensions and parking and access areas: advice notes
• Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS): guidance
• Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS): frequently asked questions
• National standards for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS)
• Guiding principles for drainage and wastewater management plans (DWMPs)
• Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) approval body applications for agriculture buildings, coverings and clean yards: advice notes

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Bathing water quality
  Report
• Designated shellfish waters: 2016
  Policy and strategy
• Memorandum of understanding: Consumer Council for Water (CCWater)
  Policy and strategy
• Memorandum of understanding: Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat)
  Policy and strategy
• Water: customer research 2014
  Report
• Water: priorities for Ofwat (2017)
  Policy and strategy
• Water strategy
  Policy and strategy
• Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) Schedule 3 Post Implementation Review
  Report
• Water: priorities for Ofwat (2022)
  Policy and strategy
• Impact and future of the regulatory model and legislative framework surrounding private water supplies
  Report
• Tackling Phosphorus Pollution in Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Rivers: information and evidence pack
  Report
• Water quality report: call for evidence
  Policy and strategy
  Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales
• Environmental regulation of overflows: action plan
  Policy and strategy
  Wales Better River Quality Taskforce
• Capacity of the network (drainage and wastewater management plan): action plan
  Policy and strategy
  Wales Better River Quality Taskforce
• Public understanding and engagement: action plan
  Policy and strategy
  Wales Better River Quality Taskforce
• Improving effluent quality and river quality: action plan
  Policy and strategy
  Wales Better River Quality Taskforce
• Reducing visual impact: installation of screens: action plan
  Policy and strategy
  Wales Better River Quality Taskforce
• Drinking water quality in Wales report: 2017 to 2019
  Report
• Reservoir engineer panels: joint determination by the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers 2021
  Legislation
• The Bathing Water (Amendment) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020
  Legislation
• Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS): explanatory memorandum
  Impact assessment