Chlorination

When should pipes be chlorinated?

Water can be a notorious carrier of bacteria and South West Water are rigorous in their safeguarding of the mains water supply. Certain types of private water pipe have to be disinfected (chlorinated) before South West Water will allow connection to their main. Pipes must be chlorinated in the following instances:

internal pipe diameter is greater than 50mm
length of supply is over 50 metres
where there has been suspected contamination (eg fouling by sewage, drainage, animals, oil leak)
where a system has not been regularly used or flushed
where the supply is being converted from a private supply eg borehole, well, natural spring

Free quotation

R&D Water Engineers can provide you with a free quotation to:

chlorinate the new or existing water supply pipe
take water samples to the standards required for laboratory testing
arrange for testing with a registered laboratory and for the appropriate certification for South West Water’s new connections team

We are Water Regulations approved so we know the regulations and time frame for chlorination and testing. We will do our best to ensure that your water supply pipe is chlorinated and certificated in the timeframe specified by South West Water so that your new connection can go ahead without delay.

We can renew your pipe with barrier pipe if required. Barrier Pipe has a metal lining that protects the water that runs through the pipe from contaminants in the soil. This is used in ground that has become contaminated such as where there has been an oil leak, or on sites that were previously industrial, old service stations, garages etc.

A thoughtful resinstatement

This one caught my eye as a thoughtful resinstatement carried out last week, matching the new concrete to its surroundings. It is unavoidable that we dig on your property so that we can access your pipe. But we do try to make our excavations as neat as we can, and we put everything we dig […]

Found a leak?

South West Water may help you with the cost of repairing or renewing your leaking pipe and it is worth contacting them to confirm this if you have a leak. They have recently re-vamped thei website and have published their Code of Practice on Leakage for Domestic Customers. It has very good information about what […]

Health and Safety accredited for another year

We have undertaken our annual health and safety audit with SafeContractor and have successfully completed the process again. This tells you, the paying customer, that we are responsible in our attitude to both our and your safety, that we are keenly aware of the risks involved in the work we undertake and do all we […]

Would you please pass on my thanks to everyone involved with carrying out the repairs to the water supply at the property. The customer service and care received from the first telephone call to completion of the works by your excellent onsite engineers, was excellent. What a comfort it was to engage with people who made no fuss, understood what was needed and carried out the works accordingly.

A big thanks to you and your team for doing a fantastic job replacing our leaking water main with the absolute minimum of disruption - you were the only company to suggest using pre-existing ducts that had been installed under our quarry tiled path, therefore saving them from being dug up to replace the pipe. We're really happy with the work done, the team were brilliant and really friendly, the communication from your office was amazing and I'd highly recommend you to others.

I just wanted to thank you for your help, as right from the initial phone call enquiry you have been really helpful and quick to respond.

I also would like to say how good the men were who did the job. They were polite and efficiently got the job done with little disruption.

We are very happy with the whole process - thank you.

Hello I live in St Mawgan where you have had workers replacing the old steel water pipe feeding myself and 3 others. I would just like to say they were very polite and done a good job and kept me us well informed of what was going on each day. Thank you.

R&D Water Engineers recently renewed the water pipes to my property and I am pleased to recommend this company unreservedly. The work was carried out in an efficient and most satisfactory manner. In addition the employees were friendly, courteous and always kept us informed of any development.

This is a company I would highly recommend and have no hesitation in using again.