Mains Water

[Paulal]

We understand from discussions with our neighbours that our village is to get mains water towards the end of this year.
We currently have a fosse septique in our garden.

As we dont live in France and can only visit 2-3 times per year, does anyone know the procedure for installing mains water?
do the water authorities pipe it up to the house? do they give notice? do they just take it to the edge of the boundary and leave you to do it yourself?
we have no idea and would rather be forewarned on this one.

Any advise would be helpful thanks

Paula

[Caz<H2><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Carole (87)<FONT><H2>]

>We understand from discussions with our
>neighbours that our village is
>to get mains water towards
>the end of this year.
>
>We currently have a fosse septique
>in our garden.
>
> Do you mean mains water or main drainage?
Caz

[gburrows]

When our village was connected about 18 months ago the following happened:

1 A representative from SAUR (the water company) visited every household and explained what was to happen, provided information etc and got us to sign appropriate contracts.

2 He identified the points on the perimeter of our property where access points to the sewers would be made.

3 The mains sewerage system was then dug (a long laborious and noisy business because the village is situated on a hard limestone ridge).

4 On completion we were then given 2 years to connect ourselves to the system.

There was a connection charge of 3,000F for the first connection point plus 1,000F for any additional points. Since we had foul water going into a fosse septique and grey water discharges into the gutter on one side of the property, and a similar grey water outlet on the other side, this cost us 4,000F.

With the help of a jobbing builder (English) we made the appropriate connections using standard pvc pipes. Our efforts would probably not be acceptable in England, but the maire was only concerned that surface water was not captured. The fosse is now disconnected and we are leaving it until it has dried out and we shall be filling it with garden/building rubbish in due course.

A necessary task has been the fitting of effective u-traps inside the house since there has been some seepage of foul gas past the rather shallow grey water traps.

There has been an increase in the price of water to pay for treatment.


Grenville