Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Builder next door using our water??? 18Oct 06, 2010 8:50 pm 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Builder next door using our water??? 19Oct 07, 2010 6:46 pm TheOK ...just to throw a spanner in the works, it's illegal to deny anyone water for drinking,health and hygiene purposes. If someone asks for it you must oblige, even the water supply co. isn't permitted to disconnect you, if you don't pay your bill the worst/best they can do is restrict the flow. Hi, Sadly, that is not true in NSW at least, although they are very slow to go ahead. NCOSS reports that there were, in one recent year, about 2500 residences which had their supply restricted, and about 30 disconnected, for Sydney and the Hunter combined. Not large numbers it must be said. The Sydney Water website Customer Contract makes it quite plain they reserve the right to disconnect you if they feel they have exhausted all alternatives: "Will Sydney Water disconnect my water supply? If you do not pay your bill by the due date and have not made other arrangements with us, we may disconnect or restrict the water to your property. However We will not restrict or disconnect your supply for non-payment unless we have: • provided reasonable notice that we intend to restrict or disconnect • tried to contact the person living in the property • informed you about our practices and procedures relating to customer hardship, debt, restriction and disconnection for non-payment. We may also disconnect or restrict your water supply if: • your private plumbing is illegal or unauthorised • you fail to comply with this contract or other agreements you may have with us • you discharge trade wastewater into our wastewater system and do not have a trade waste agreement with us • you have not installed a backflow prevention containment device within the required timeframe • you fail to provide access to our water meter • you do not use recycled water properly." i imagine you also have another contract with an architect? and yeah, whatever other's said about special conditions and appendices 16 16001 Hi all I am looking to run a water line under my concrete footpath which is directly next to my home, was seeing if this is possible without cutting the entire section… 0 20176 Did you know that you can get rugs made from carpet? So much cheaper than buying a shop rug. So many styles to choose from, but you won't get the highly patterned… 0 6271 |