GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF WATER AND

SANITATION SYSTEMS

June 2007 Edition

REGISTER OF AMENDMENTS

Amendment
Date Description
No

1 August 2007 Section D: Low Cost Housing Projects - replaced.

2 February 2008 Section B: Water Services Guidelines:

Effective date changed to: 18 February 2008
1.3 Water Planning - Table 2, 1.1 renamed 1.1a,
1.1b added
Section C: Sewerage Reticulation and Link Sewers:
Effective date changed to: 18 February 2008
3.2 Determination of design flows - Table 15
1.1 renamed 1.1a, 1.1b added
Table 2: Summary of the design standards for average annual daily demand -
water consumption on various types of erven (excluding UFW)
TOWNSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND SCHEME AMENDMENTS: WATER
DEMAND AND SEWAGE OUTFLOW FIGURES: EFFECTIVE DATE:
18 FEBRUARY 2008

WATER
CONSUMPTION
ITEM ZONING UNIT/DAY
Dom + garden =
Total
1 RESIDENTIAL:
1.1a Low-cost housing – erf up to 500 m² k per erf 0.6 + 0.1 = 0.7
1.1b Small sized erven, for typically “Bonded
k per erf 0.6 + 0.1 = 0.7
Housing” etc.
1.2 Conventional small-sized erf up to 500 m² k per erf 0.7 + 0.5 = 1.2
2
1.3 Medium-sized erf 501 m up to 1 000 m² k per erf 0.8 + 0.8 = 1.6
1.4 Large-sized erf 1 001 m2 up to 1 500 m² k per erf 0.8 + 1.2 = 2.0
1.5 Extra-large erf 1 501 m² and larger k per erf 0.8 + 1.6 = 2.4
1.6 Cluster housing up to 20 units per hectare k per unit 0.7 + 0.5 = 1.2
1.7 Cluster housing 21 up to 40 units per k per unit 0.6 + 0.2 = 0.8
hectare
1.8 Cluster housing 41 up to 60 units per k per unit 0.6 + 0.1 = 0.7
hectare
1.9 High-rise flats (± 50 m² per unit) + FSR k per 0.6
residential unit/50 m²
1.10 Boarding houses, hostels, hotels, k per 100m² 0.9
retirement centres & villages,
orphanages, etc according to FSR
1.11 Agricultural holdings (house + servants k per holding (0.8 + 0.6) + 2.6 = 4.0
quarters + garden) (to be used only for
subdivisions to create multiple holdings)
1.12 Guesthouses - allocation per room k per room 0.6
regardless of room size
1.13 Gate house for security villages k per unit 0.6
1.14 Agricultural holdings & farm land No contribution
(connection for domestic use only) required

2 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS:
2.1 General business with a FSR k per 100m² 0.8
2.2 Warehousing (including up to 20% offices) k per 100m² 0.6
2.3 Industrial (dry) k per 100m² 0.4
2.4 Industrial (wet) k per 100m² Development-specific
2.5 Garage or filling station k per 100m² 1.2
2.6 Car-wash facility k per wash 10.0
2.7 Motor city/retail park as a single zoning k per 100m² 0.6
(car sales + limited offices)

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 Where the sewer and water lines are to be installed in the same trench,
sewer manholes must be positioned so as to allow for a minimum clear
distance of 500 mm between the outside of any manhole and the water
pipeline.
The final finished levels of carriageways, sidewalks and vehicle entrances to
properties, and the depth of sewer inverts below finished sidewalk levels,
particularly for steep cross-falls, must be considered in the design of sewers.

3.2 Determination of design flows

The following table must be used for sewer flow calculations:

Table 15: Sewer Outflow Figures (Effective Date: 18 February 2008)

SEWAGE
MEASURING
ITEM ZONING OUTFLOW
UNIT/DAY
PER DAY
1 RESIDENTIAL:
1.1a Low-cost housing – erf up to 500 m² k per erf 0.6
1.1b Small sized erven, for typically “Bonded Housing” etc. k per erf 0.6
1.2 Conventional small-sized erf up to 500 m² k per erf 0.7
2
1.3 Medium-sized erf 501m up to 1 000 m² k per erf 0.8
2
1.4 Large-sized erf 1 001m up to 1 500 m² k per erf 0.8
1.5 Extra-large erf 1 501 m² and larger k per erf 0.8
1.6 Cluster housing up to 20 units per hectare k per unit 0.7
1.7 Cluster housing 21 up to 40 units per hectare k per unit 0.6
1.8 Cluster housing 41 up to 60 units per hectare k per unit 0.6
2
1.9 High-rise flats (± 50 m² per unit) + FSR residential k per unit/50m 0.6
1.1O Boarding houses, hostel, hotel, retirement centres and
k per 100m² 0.9
villages, orphanages, etc. according to FSR
1.11 Agricultural holdings (house + servants quarters + garden)
k per holding 1.4
(to be used only for subdivisions to create multiple holding)
1.12 Guesthouses - allocation per room regardless of room size k per room 0.6
1.13 Gate house for security villages k per unit 0.6
1.14 Agricultural holdings & farm land (connection for domestic No
use only) contribution
required

2 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS:
2
2.1 General business with a FSR k per 100m 0.8
2
2.2 Warehousing (including up to 20% offices) k per 100m 0.4
2
2.3 Industrial (dry) k per 100m 0.3
2
2.4 Industrial (wet) k per 100m Development
specific
2
2.5 Garage or filling station k per 100m 1.0
2.6 Car wash facility k per wash bay 10.0
2.7 Motor city / retail park as a single zoning (car sales + 2
k per 100m 0.4
limited offices)

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