21 Drainage systems relieving public sewers
Water Act 2014 (2014 c 21) | Legislation

Sustainable drainage

21  Drainage systems relieving public sewers

(1)     After section 114 of the Water Industry Act 1991 there is inserted—

“Sustainable drainage
114A Drainage systems relieving public sewers

(1)     Sewerage undertakers may construct, on their own or on another's land, drainage systems for the purpose of reducing the volume of surface water entering public sewers or the rate at which it does so.

(2)     A sewerage undertaker may maintain

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