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PUB Online Submission System for the Protection of Water and Sewer Pipes 29 th June 2018 Water Supply Network Department
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PUB Online Submission System for the Protection of Water and Sewer Pipes
29th June 2018
Water Supply Network Department
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Background
• Under the existing Public Utilities and Sewerage & Drainage Acts, PUB is empowered to fine/prosecute/recover costs from the responsible party in the event of damage to water and sewer pipes.
• In spite of the Acts, PUB still encounters contractors who do not exercise due diligence when working near our water and sewer pipes resulting in subsequent damages. These damages usually result in a loss of precious water supply, used water resources as well as service disruptions to our customers.
• Hence, there is a need to further strengthen the current legislation which aims to reduce the number of damages to PUB infrastructure.
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Implications of Damages to Water and Sewer Pipes
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Interruption of water supply to
domestic customers, factories &
businesses
Cause project delaysInconvenience to the Road
Users and Pedestrians
Loss of Precious Water Resource
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Regulations to Protect PUB Infrastructure
• On 30 Jun 2017, PUB gazetted 2 new regulations, Public Utilities (Protection of Water Pipes Infrastructure) and Sewerage and Drainage (Protection of Public Sewerage) Regulations 2017.
• The aim is to get industries to notify/seek approval before specified activities are carried out in the public sewer and water pipe corridors. This is to ensure protection measures to pipes are in place prior to the commencement of works.
• Details of the new Regulations can be found in http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/.
• PUB has developed an Online Submission System to facilitate the submissions by Qualified Persons (QPs)/ Professional Engineers (PEs)/Contractors. This system will allow PUB to process, track and approve submissions for works near water and sewer pipes.
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Benefits for the Industry from the Online Submission System
ONE-STOP PORTAL for all works affecting Water and Sewer Pipes:
Provides clear guidelines for QPs/PEs/Contractors to make submissions
Ability to auto-check completeness of documents submitted
Auto-generate timely reminders to QPs/PEs/Contractors on their submissions
Ability to capture the proposals and declarations from QPs/PEs/Contractors through a centralised database system
Provides one-stop submission system for industry to make submissions in relation to works involving various departments within PUB
Auto-route submissions internally to relevant PUB officers for evaluation
QPs/PEs/Contractors are able to track the status of the submissions via the system
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Additional features of the Online Submission System
• For works that involve manual excavations (e.g Trial Trenches) , approvals will be automatically granted upon receipt of submission. This will speed up approval process for works that are of lower risk to the water and sewer pipes.
• Notwithstanding, the QPs/PEs/Contractors are required to exercise duty of care to check for the presence of water and sewer pipes by purchasing the services plans and looking out for valve chambers, water meters and other appurtenances on site. This requirement will be stated in the automatically generated approval letter.
• For works that are in the vicinity (but not within the setback distance) of water pipes of dia <300mm, notification to PUB via the Online Submission System will suffice prior to the commencement of work.
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Tentative Timeline for the Launching of the Online Submission System
- Full integration with existing 1BPU system
- Industry will be encouraged to switch to new online portal to make submissions for their works
July 2018 Aug 2018
Dialogue session with Professional Bodies; to share on submission process for works near PUB infrastructure via the new portal
June 2018
- Soft launch of portal- Testing/gathering of
feedback from industry
May 2018
PHASE 1 LAUNCH PHASE 2 LAUNCH Bi-monthly outreach session to industry to include training session (with training manual provided) on utilising new portal
Release of Circular on the Online Submission System to the industry
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Portal Page for the Online Submission System
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Online Submission Log In Page
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Create New Project
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Project details
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Create New Submission
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Step 1
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Step 2: Select user role
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Step 3: Fill QP’s details
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Step 4: Fill Contractor details
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Step 5: Select Corridor/s
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Step 6: Select Activities
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Step 7: Activities Details
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Step 8: Activities Details 2
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Step 9A : Project details and location
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Step 9B: Select Location
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Step 9C : Select Location
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Step 9D: Based on the map lot , roads and catchments will be
filled
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Step 10: Attachments
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Step 11A: Summary
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Step 11B: Confirmation
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Step 12: End
