Scottish Water launches updated technical specifications
Water for Scotland (WfS) and Sewers for Scotland (SfS) have now been updated.
Following a technical review and extensive stakeholder engagement, Scottish Water has updated two of its technical standards.
Water for Scotland (WfS) and Sewers for Scotland (SfS), utilised by the Developer Community to design and construct Water and Waste Water Infrastructure, have now been updated. Version 4.0 of each document was released on Tuesday 16th October 2018.
Both documents were previously updated in August 2015 and have now undergone a review to take into account changes to technical standards applied across the UK water industry and to provide improved clarity on Scottish Water’s requirements in terms of specification for the design, construction and vesting of new water and waste water infrastructure assets.
The updated specifications are now available to view and download on the Scottish Water website: https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/you-and-your-home/connecting-your-property/planning-your-development.
A full list of revisions to the specifications is contained within the ‘Record of Changes and Amendments’ table at the beginning of each document. A summary of the revisions is also available in the policy area of the SFHA website.
All new designs submitted in relation to development in Scotland, that previously applied WfS3 and SfS3, will now need to comply with WfS v4.0 and SfS v4.0 as of 1st January 2019.
Should you have any immediate queries regarding these documents, please send them to the Standards.InfoLine@scottishwater.co.uk mailbox.
Further information on the specifications is available here.