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Development Infrastructure

10 October 2019

Maria O’DwyerConnections & Developer Services

Clayton Silver Springs Hotel, Cork

Development Infrastructure

| Image is courtesy of Glenveagh Homes Ltd2

• Enable development & partner with industry

• Encourage and support growth where people want to live and work

• New networks – High quality water services

A national utility approach

– High quality water services– Resilient and future proofed – Low maintenance– Low leakage/ingress

• Cost effective = efficient investment– Deliver in a plan led way– Design and build 1st time right

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Legacy Development Infrastructure

Cross Industry Working GroupsIW, LAs, DHPLG, NFGWS

Taking In Charge

MOU

Developer Provided

Infrastructure (DPIs)

Group Schemes

Historically

• Inconsistent industry practices

• Lack of resources

• Solutions identified

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Need to ensure

• Solutions identified• Past short comings

not repeated

Looking ahead

• Learn lessons• Apply best practice

20% estates complete915 sites

43,305 units468km water

main412km waste water network

81 complete3,969

connections341km

water main64 actively managed, 17 orphan schemes

Multi Annual Programme Proposed

Phase Iunderway

Identifying Best Practice

• Local Authority Consultative Group established

• Expert practitioners– input into national

technical documents– evaluated technical – evaluated technical

documents developed by Irish Water

– identified gaps• Irish Water consulted

wider industry– CIF/ IHBA– Material providers

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Standard Details• Published April 2016• Revised December 2017

Codes of Practice• Published in December 2016• Revised December 2017

Irish Water Technical Documentation

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• Available on www.water.ie/connections/• Revisions proposed in 2019• Self-Lay connection agreements for residential developments in use

since March 2018 (to mandate Irish Water QA requirements)

How Quality Assurance process works

PCE Process

Design Vet On Site Inspections

Final Documents

review

Network Connection

Defects Period

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Submit Connection Application

Issue Connection

Offer

Planning

Embedding QA Regime

• Pilot 18 sites with CIF & developer support

• Mandated Self Lay Connection Agreement– 4,000 Irish Water site visits

undertaken since Apr’18– Supported by LA staff– Supported by LA staff

• Early Days– Gap between the high quality

water services designs and the infrastructure constructed

– Learning for developers as significant change in work practices required

• Good engagement once rationale explained

| Image is courtesy of Glenveagh Homes Ltd8

Non Compliances, Separation, Water Quality

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Quality & Integrity of PE Watermain

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Good Industry Practices on Site

Melted fitting identified by sub contractor’s own QA process

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Fittings appropriately marked to indicate it’s compromised

Sewer Infrastructure Alignment

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Manhole Construction, Bends, Flow

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Service Connections

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Service Connections

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• Pragmatic Approach

• Not tolerating non-compliances– Since Apr’18 ~1,500 non

conformance notices issued

Re-educating the industry

• Identifying trends and communicating re-occurring issues to stakeholders and industry bodies – CIF / IHBA / ACEI / LAs

• Development industry is engaging positively in what is a big industry change

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Development activity

IW

Connection Applications & Associated UnitsPre Connection Enquiries & Associated Units

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Connection Applications Received

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Offers Accepted

Connections and Developer Services

• Immediate Challenges– Responding to customer

needs and the timely delivery of housing

• It’s a Journey– System Changes – Mobilisation of new ways to – Mobilisation of new ways to

deliver connections– Transition to Irish Water’s

Connection Charging Policy– Embed national approaches

• Looking ahead– Innovate and identify new

ways of working

Courtesy of Cairn Homes18

Thank youfor your time

maodwyer@water.ie