Introduction
The links at the bottom of this page will take you to the documentation developed by Water UK on behalf of its members to meet the requirements of Ofwat’s Code for Adoption Agreement. The code can be found here.
Links to permitted local variations form the standard documentation are also provided below.
Independent panels have been set up to make recommendations on proposals to change the standard adoption documentation. More details can be found below.
Sewerage adoption
The new sewerage adoption arrangements came into effect on 1 April 2020.
Water companies also published principles to deal with the transition between the previous Sewers for Adoption regime and the new SSG. These are set out below, along with the other SSG documents.
Independent Sewerage Adoption Panel
A requirement of Ofwat’s Code for adoption agreements is that all requests for changes to the documentation approved by Ofwat be submitted to an independent panel, comprised of an equal number of water companies and customers. The role of the panel is to make recommendations to Ofwat where it consider that changes to the approved documentation are appropriate.
Under the chairmanship of Victor Olowe, the sewerage panel comprises the following individuals:
| Gary Boddington | Anglian Water | Drainage Manager |
| Ali Tregale | South West Water | Developer Manager |
| Nick Ayling | Thames Water | Technical & Regulatory Advisor |
| Jenny Henman | Yorkshire Water | Key Account Manager, Developer Services |
| Richard Starritt | Severn Trent | Design Manager, Developer Services |
| Gavin Thorne | Barratt | Group Utilities Manager |
| Karl Walker | Seddon Homes | Technical Manager |
| Justin Gaggini | Kier Living | Technical Manager |
| Sam Vernon | Bellway | Engineer |
| Marcus Maughan | Redrow | Engineering Manager |
Those wishing to contact the sewerage panel can do so at this address:
<sewerageadoption@water.org.uk>
Water adoption
The water code documentation was approved by Ofwat on 3 September 2020. The approved set of documents is set out below.
Independent Water Adoption Panel
A requirement of Ofwat’s Code for adoption agreements is that all requests for changes to the documentation approved by Ofwat be submitted to an independent panel, comprised of an equal number of water companies and customers. The role of the panel is to make recommendations to Ofwat where it consider that changes to the approved documentation are appropriate.
Under the chairmanship of Victor Olowe, the water panel comprises the following individuals:
| Patrick Daly | PN Daly | Commercial Director |
| Ben Brownbill | Infrastructure Gateway | Technical Director |
| David Topping | Triconnex | Managing Director |
| Damian Hill | Persimmon Homes | Projects Manager |
| Rob Perrins | Shropshire Homes | Technical Director |
| Graham Morley | United Utilities | Technical Assurance Manager |
| James Ball | Anglian Water | Scheme Delivery Manager |
| Daniel Borst | Severn Trent | Self-Lay Lead – Developer Services |
| Nigel Martin | Wessex Water | Head of Developer Services |
| Martin Ballington | Southern Water | Water Networks Contract Manager |
Those wishing to contact the water panel can do so at this address:
<wateradoption@water.org.uk>