Single Family and Duplex Service Connection Process
It is the owner’s/developer’s responsibility to make a request to the City for the installation of new water and/or sewer services, or modification of existing services at the owner’s expense. The City is responsible for the construction of the services from the City mains to the property line only. The owner/developer is responsible for all works on private property. Only City crews are allowed to perform work within City right-of-ways and construct services from the mains to the property line.
What you should do
Provide the Water and Sewer Servicing Section of Drainage Planning and Engineering with the size and location of the storm, sanitary and/or water services required for the property along with address and legal description of the property.
What Drainage Planning and Engineering will do
- Review the availability of service to the various sewer and water mains in the abutting streets or lanes
- Review conflicts with other utilities in relation to the property line locations and elevations
- Please note that the minimum sewer elevation available vs. what would be required to service a deep basement is reviewed with the owner
How the fees are determined
Construction charge is determined based on the fee schedule for services of different sizes and configurations, or a specific estimated cost for non-standard services which involve extra deep services, main/service extensions from non-abutting mains, relocation of other utilities and extra manholes.
How to pay
The service connection charges must be paid in advance of the construction scheduling by cheque ONLY and payable to “The City of Edmonton”.
General Note
- Weeping tile flows must be discharged to a dedicated storm or foundation drain service where available, or discharged by an alternative method as directed by Drainage Planning and Engineering
- New developments including single detached, semi-detached or duplex houses must divert their weeping tile discharges to the storm sewer, via storm or foundation drain service where provided and capacity exists. The Foundation Drain Discharge Collection System Guideline provides information about foundation drain connection
- If no requirement for a storm or foundation drain service exists, roof leader discharges must be directed on the property away from the foundation and abutting neighbour's property
- Each half of a semi-detached dwelling must be individually serviced with water and sewer services directly off the City mains
- Water and sewer services within the private property cannot be used to service another separately titled property regardless of who owns the properties
- Single family and duplex developments adjacent to the river banks or ravines must provide private storm drainage systems unless exempted by geotechnical evaluation that has been approved by the City’s Geotechnical Engineer
For More Information
Drainage Planning and Engineering
5th Floor, Century Place
9803-102A Avenue
Edmonton, AB
T5J 3A3
| Telephone | 311 or 780-496-5444 |
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| Fax | 780-496-3629 |
| wass.drainage@edmonton.ca |
