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Development Services Branch
Building Services Section
Kevin Kannis – 12 November 2014
The Scheme and how it is operated
Funded and operated by
the Water Corporation
Major Works
Minor
Works
Private
Works
Headworks
Contributions
FUNDING
FUNDING
Developer
Developer / Landowner
OPERATION
OPERATION
Water Corporation
Landowner
Method of Assessment
Water Supply
Peak flow (1 standard infrastructure
contribution per 20litres/Minute)
Wastewater
Annual volume discharged (1 standard
infrastructure contribution per 187
kilolitres annually)
Method of Assessment (Meter Based)
Meter size
(mm)
Flow Rate
(L/minute)
20
25
25
40
40
50
50
80
80
100
100
150
150
150
20
40
60
80
120
180
230
340
470
600
750
1100
1500
2000
Infrastructure Contribution
Factors
Water
1
2
3
4
6
9
11.5
17
23.5
30
37.5
55
75
100
Wastewater
1
4
5
6
12
25
35
50
65
100
125
184
250
338
Specified Service Agreements
A way of managing that very small
percentage of customers with
unusually high (or low) discharge to
sewer
Specified Service Agreements
• Customer pays 1 SIC for each 187Kl
discharged per annum
• Infrastructure contributions based on
an estimate and agree to pay more if
they exceed the estimate
• Each SSA is monitored annually and
accounts sent if necessary
Special Developer Contribution Areas
Subdivision Stage
Water
Australind
Waste
Water
Drainage
Building Stage
Water
X
Dalyellup
X
X
Denham
X
X
N/E Corridor
X
X
N/E Corridor
X
X
Port Kennedy
Thomsons Lake
Drainage
X
Coral Bay
(Southern Catchment)
Waste
Water
X
X
X
X
X
Drainage Infrastructure Contributions
• SICs for drainage apply to developments affecting the catchment
areas of Perth Metropolitan Main Drains or in the Perth
Metropolitan area where there is a clear commitment by the
Water Corporation to provide a Main Drainage service in the
future
• SIC’s are payable when there is a subdivision, multi residential or
commercial/industrial building
• Other developments where advice should be obtained are schools,
universities, public open space or crown reserves
• As with water supply and wastewater, there are Non-standard
Infrastructure Contribution Agreement (NSICA) areas for
drainage that may result in higher than Standard Infrastructure
Contribution rates
Water connections
• Water services cannot be located opposite a Tjunction or a private driveway
• Any relocation at customers cost
• Electrical domes or other obstacles
• Standpipe to remain in place until the final
plumbing connection is made
• Responsibility for all internal plumbing on your side
of the meter, including the standpipe
• Protection and cost of maintenance of the meter
Services off trunk mains
• Option of last resort
• Water quality, pressure and continuity not compliant with
operating license
• Property must be adjacent to, or within, the lot boundary
• Section valve, with a by-pass arrangement, at a point
agreed to by the Corporation and water pressure at the
connection point cannot exceed 200 metres head.
• Notice on the property title
• The need for a tank, with a minimum storage of 9kL
(Backflow prevention)
• No allowance for leaks and bursts
• Cannot be used to satisfy a subdivision condition
• Cannot be used for fire fighting purposes
Fire services
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The Water Corporation provides fire services based on the service size
provided by the applicant
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) together with
local government are the building approval authority for fire fighting
requirements
Land and building developers should be aware that the Water Corporation
mains may not be capable of supplying water at the flows and pressures
required to meet BCA design requirements for any building proposal
The installation of a supplementary fire water supply system at the
premises should always be considered. This generally consists of a
storage tank and pump to supply the fire fighting system water at the
required flow and pressure to meet BCA requirements
The agreement for a fire service specifies the concessional terms the fire
service is provided under and the additional responsibilities the land
owner has, including maintenance of the service outside the property
boundary
Shared fire services
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